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title: Strawberries with Hepatitis A - Again
date: 2022-05-28T17:05:00-07:00
author: Bill Marler
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# Strawberries with Hepatitis A - Again

 

 

 Total United States Illnesses: 17 – Canada 10

United States Hospitalizations: 12 – Canada 4

Illness onset dates range from March 28 – April 30, 2022.  
States with Cases: California (15), Minnesota (1), North Dakota (1) – Provinces with Cases: Alberta (4) and Saskatchewan (6)

Product Distribution: United State and Canada

The FDA, along with CDC, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, state, and local partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections in the United States and Canada potentially linked to fresh organic strawberries branded as FreshKampo and HEB, purchased between March 5, 2022, and April 25, 2022.

Currently, the potentially affected FreshKampo and HEB products are past shelf life. People who purchased FreshKampo and HEB fresh organic strawberries between March 5, 2022, and April 25, 2022, and then froze those strawberries for later consumption should not eat them. These products were sold at the following retailers, including, but not limited to:

Aldi

HEB

Kroger

Safeway

Sprouts Farmers Market

Trader Joe’s

Walmart

Weis Markets

WinCo Foods

Canadian Co-op stores

**Some past Hepatitis A Outbreaks linked to strawberries:**

2016 Hepatitis A Linked to Frozen Strawberries, Tropical Smoothie Cafe – Several states, the CDC and the FDA investigated a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A linked to frozen strawberries imported from Egypt. Nearly all ill people interviewed reported drinking smoothies containing strawberries at Tropical Smoothie …**[Read More »](http://outbreakdatabase.com/details/2016-hepatitis-a-linked-to-frozen-strawberries-tropical-smoothie-cafe/?outbreak=tropical)**

1997 Multistate Outbreak of Hepatitis A Linked to A&amp;W Frozen Strawberries – A large outbreak of hepatitis A was associated with the consumption of strawberries served at school. The strawberries had been imported from Mexico and processed/packaged in California by A&amp;W. They were frozen and sold for commercial use in school …**[Read More »](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/details/1997-multistate-outbreak-of-hepatitis-a-linked-to-aw-frozen-strawberries/?outbreak=strawberries&organism=Hepatitis)**

1990 Multistate Outbreak of Hepatitis A Linked Frozen Strawberries – Frozen strawberries that had been processed at a single plant were linked to outbreaks of hepatitis A. In Georgia, illnesses occurred among students and teachers at an elementary school. Three months, later, in Montana, an outbreak involving the strawberries …[**Read More »**](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/details/1990-multistate-outbreak-of-hepatitis-a-linked-frozen-strawberries/?outbreak=strawberries&organism=Hepatitis)

  

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