FDA: Strawberries Linked to Hepatitis A Outbreak Sent to Schools, Restaurants
In September, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and multiple state public health officials investigated a multi-state Hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries. More recently, the FDA has discovered that recalled strawberry products may have still been served--particularly in schools and restaurants--in the weeks following the initial recall.
Officials initially investigated frozen strawberries sent to a chain of smoothie cafes primarily located in Virginia. It wasn’t until this week that the FDA announced that the strawberry products were also sent to other food operators across the U.S. through the end of October.