An outbreak of hepatitis A in Australia linked to frozen berries from China has prompted memories of a huge 2013 hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen berries in the U.S. At least five people in Australia are currently sick with the virus. In 2013, traceback investigation in the U.S. outbreak found that the virus was … Read more
A huge outbreak of hepatitis A linked to pomegranate seeds in Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant blend sickened 165 people in 10 states in 2013. Seventy-one people were hospitalized in this outbreak and several recalls were issued. The FDA also investigated this outbreak. The case count by state was as follows: Arizona (24), California (80), Colorado … Read more
A hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen mixed berries made by Townsend Farms and sold at Costco stores was the third-largest multi-state food poisoning outbreak of 2013. Between May and September, 162 people in 10 states were sickened by the berries. Contaminated pomegranate seeds in the berry mix were identified as the source of illness. Although the … Read more
Hepatitis A in bags of Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen mixed berries sold at Costco stores sickened 162 people in 10 states between May and September, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) final report. The source of contamination was identified as pomegranate seeds imported from Goknur Foodstuffs Import Export Trading in Turkey. … Read more
The Townsend Farms hepatitis A outbreak has sickened 162 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s one more case since the last update three weeks ago. Seventy one people have been hospitalized. The illnesses have been linked to a frozen berry mix made by Townsend Farms and sold at Costco … Read more
The hepatitis A outbreak linked to contaminated pomegranate seeds in Townsend Farms frozen berry mix has sickened 161 people in 10 states, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seventy people have been hospitalized. By state, the case count is as follows: Arizona (23), California (78), Colorado (28), Hawaii … Read more
The Hepatitis A outbreak associated with Townsend Farms frozen berries sold at Costco is winding down. As of August 16, 159 in 10 states have been sickened by the virus, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s just one new case since that agency’s last update two … Read more
The Hepatitis A outbreak associated with Townsend Farms mixed berries sold at Costco stores has sickened 158 people and hospitalized 69 as of August 1, 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least six of the current cases are secondary infections, meaning they were exposed to the virus by a … Read more
The Townsend Farms-Costco hepatitis A outbreak has now sickened 153 people in nine states. Sixty-six people have been hospitalized with acute hepatitis A. New Hampshire is now included in the case count. The case in New Hampshire reported exposure to the product after traveling to Nevada. The count of ill persons by state is as … Read more
The hepatitis A outbreak associated with Townsend Farms berries sold at Costco stores has reached 150 cases. Consumers should check their freezers to make sure they do not have Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries. Fifty six precent of those sickened, who range in age from 1 to 84 years old, are women. Ten … Read more