Public health officials are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A illnesses in three states that might be linked to fresh, conventional blackberries sold at Fresh Thyme Farmers Market grocery.
Eleven illnesses were reported, including six requiring hospital care, and people in three states said they ate blackberries from the chain, the FDA announced. The illnesses were in Indiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin, but traceback information so far shows that the nonorganic berries came from a distribution center that ships to the stores in 11 Midwest states. The others are Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania.