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Australian hepatitis A cases linked to imported dates

By Joe Whitworth on November 6, 2022

Six people in Australia were part of a hepatitis A outbreak this past year after eating dates from Jordan, according to a study.

Researchers said it was the first known hepatitis A outbreak in the…

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Australian hepatitis A cases from imported dates match UK outbreak strain

By Joe Whitworth on August 9, 2021

Australian officials have reported three hepatitis A infections linked to dates imported from Jordan.

The strain is identical to the one that caused an outbreak of hepatitis A in the United Kingdom earlier this year,…
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Dates link in Hepatitis A outbreak enabled action before Ramadan

By Joe Whitworth on May 27, 2021

Findings that a hepatitis A outbreak was linked to dates allowed action to be taken before the start of Ramadan, likely reducing the number of people affected, according to a study.

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Investigations ongoing in Hepatitis A outbreak linked to dates

By Joe Whitworth on May 22, 2021

More than 30 Hepatitis A infections potentially linked to eating dates are being investigated in the United Kingdom.

Since the start of this year 31 people have fallen ill in different parts of England and…
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Hepatitis A infections in UK possibly linked to dates

By Joe Whitworth on April 18, 2021

Officials in the United Kingdom are investigating close to 30 related Hepatitis A infections with some linked to imported dates.

There are 28 people sick in different parts of England since the start of this…
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Consumers show they know their meat with spot on complaint about an import

By Dan Flynn on October 17, 2019

A consumer complaint has led to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and a recall of a small quantity of meat imported from Jordan.  Houston-based Global Zakii…

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