Outbreaks (HAV)

1997 Strawberry Outbreak Involved Six States

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 15th, 1999

A widely reported 1997 hepatitis A outbreak has been definitely linked to frozen strawberries grown in Mexico and processed in California for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In all, 213 cases of hepatitis A were reported in Michigan and 29 cases in Maine. A newly published investigation of the outbreak from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found potentially-related hepatitis A cases in four other states as well.

"Of the 13 states that received frozen strawberries from the same processor for their school-lunch program, cases of hepatitis A in schools where the product had been served were reported in Tennessee (two...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1999-03-15)

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