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Hepatitis A Outbreak
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Food Safety News
FDA demands records from bottled water company linked to hepatitis outbreak
By Coral Beach
A bottled water company continues to refuse to cooperate with an FDA investigation of non-viral hepatitis. The agency reports that the water is the only common denominator among the outbreak…
Food Safety News
FDA warns against ‘Real Water’ as health officials investigate hepatitis outbreak
By Coral Beach
State and federal officials are investigating an outbreak of non-viral hepatitis traced to “Real Water” brand bottled water. Health officials are warning the public to not drink the water. The…
Food Poison Journal
Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker at Pats Pizza in Dover-Foxcroft
By Bill Marler
Vaccinate your employees for goodness sake. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has identified a case of acute hepatitis A virus infection in a Dover-Foxcroft, Maine,…
Food Safety News
Bakery link investigated in hepatitis A outbreak in Germany
By News Desk
More than 20 people have been infected with hepatitis A in an outbreak in a German municipality. There have been 23 infections in the community of Dummerstorf in the Rostock…
Food Safety News
Imported frozen berries suspected in hepatitis A outbreak
Officials in Sweden and Denmark are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak with frozen imported berries suspected to be the source of infection. Since mid-July, nine patients with the same type…
Food Poison Journal
CDC punts on recommending food service worker vaccinations – CDC, low risk perhaps, but at times, at a very high cost
By Bill Marler
Yesterday it was reported that a food handler at the White Steamer diner in Washington, Indiana who worked last week has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A. The Daviess County Health…
Food Poison Journal
Marler Clark retained by couple that nearly died of Hepatitis A linked to Fresh Thyme Farmers Market in Wisconsin
By Bill Marler
As of February 19, 2020, a total of 20 outbreak-associated cases of hepatitis A were reported from 7 states. A list of the states and the number of cases in…
Marler Blog
US Hepatitis A Outbreak hits 31,220, hospitalizes 19,075 and kills 314 – Restaurants vaccinate your employees
By Bill Marler
There is not a day that goes by that that another food services worker is found positive for Hepatitis A thereby putting thousands of customers at risk. Here are the…
Food Poison Journal
Hepatitis A confirmed in food service employee who worked at a Boise Black Bear Diner
By Bill Marler
Central District Health offering free vaccine to impacted patrons and employees A case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a food service employee who worked while contagious at the…
Food Safety News
Blackberry warning remains in place as outbreak declared over
By Coral Beach
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…