Federal officials still can’t say for sure where the blackberries came from, but today they repeated their public warning about fresh berries that were sold in the fall of 2019 and linked to a multi-state
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Mississippi offers second free hepatitis A clinic this week due to infected restaurant workers
The Mississippi State Department of Health is this week investigating a second case of hepatitis A involving a restaurant worker.
The latest incident involves a Jones County restaurant employee who may have exposed customers at
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Vicksburg restaurant worker exposes customers to hepatitis A
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is investigating a case of hepatitis A in a Warren County restaurant employee that may have led to exposure for customers. MSDH has set up free hepatitis A
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Diners warned about potential hepatitis A exposure, urged to seek vaccination
Health officials in New Zealand have warned people who ate at a restaurant about possible hepatitis A exposure.
Canterbury District Health Board’s public health team are advising people who ate at Madam Woo Christchurch on
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Publisher’s Platform: Need an easy resolution? Get a hep A vaccination
One dose of single-antigen hepatitis A vaccine has been shown to control outbreaks of hepatitis A and provides up to 95 percent seroprotection in healthy individuals for up to 11 years.
Please get one and
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Criminal network allegedly behind tainted clams that caused food poisoning
Authorities in Spain and Portugal have uncovered what they are calling a criminal network involving contaminated clams that sickened up to 30 people.
The investigation involved the Portuguese Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE), Food
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Second retailer named in update on outbreak linked to blackberries
Two more patients have been confirmed and a second retailer has been named in relation to an outbreak of hepatitis A associated with fresh blackberries.
The implicated blackberries, sold by Fresh Thyme Farmers Market grocery
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Preventative care: Increasing hepatitis A vaccinations among food service workers
ACADEMIC ANALYSIS
Editor’s note: This contributed piece is from the thesis of Jamie Ragos, the current holder of The Dave Theno Fellowship for Food Safety.
Thesis: Over the past three years, there has been an
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Experts meet in Kenya to discuss seafood safety
Food safety professionals from 12 African countries met in Kenya for a workshop on seafood safety.
The African regional workshop on bivalve mollusk sanitation was held in Nairobi this past month and included visiting experts
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Patient count continues to increase in outbreak linked to fresh blackberries
Two more people are confirmed infected and a sixth state is involved in a hepatitis A outbreak associated with fresh blackberries that were sold in September. More than half of the victims have required hospitalization.
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More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries
The patient count in a multi-state hepatitis A outbreak traced to fresh blackberries continues to rise, even though the berries were sold two months ago.
As of Nov. 26, there are 14 people across five
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