Frozen mixed berries recalled across Australia over ‘hepatitis A link’

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One-kilogram bags of Nanna’s frozen mixed berries are being pulled off supermarket shelves across Australia because of potential hepatitis A contamination.

People who have bought the berries are advised not to eat them, a statement from Victorian packing company Patties Foods said.

The fruit can be returned to the place of purchase for a “full cash refund”, the company added.

Stores are being advised and there will be advertisements in national newspapers on Monday.
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Dr Finn Romanes, from the Victorian Health Department, said they were asking people who had eaten this product in the past 50 days to look out for symptoms of the disease.

“Symptoms typically begin with fever, loss of appetite and nausea, and can progress to jaundice, which is dark urine, yellowing of the eyes,” he said.

“In a very small number of cases there can be death associated with hepatitis A infection.

“If you develop any symptoms after consuming these berries, please contact your GP.”

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A second case of hepatitis A linked to Nanna’s frozen mixed berries has been confirmed in New South Wales.

It follows the identification of three cases in Victoria linked to the same product.

The NSW Health department has issued a warning urging consumers not to eat the product with best-before dates up to and including November 22, 2016.

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“So far we’ve had two people that have confirmed hepatitis A, that in the weeks to months before they developed hepatitis A had consumed these berries and they’re coming from different parts of the state, so we’re concerned this might be a more widespread problem,” said Dr Sheppeard.

Dr Sheppeard said NSW Health were expecting more cases to arise.

“The incubation period for hepatitis A is between two and seven weeks, so at this stage it’s an early stage of the investigation and we’re still gathering information about how much of the product is in NSW homes but potentially we will be seeing more cases in the coming weeks,” said Dr Sheppeard.

Dr Sheppeard said it was important people could identify symptoms early enough to help prevent the disease spreading.

The early symptoms of hepatitis A include a fever, loss of appetite and nausea.

These symptoms develop over several days to a week before more advanced signs of the disease start to emerge, including jaundice which is noticed by yellowed skin and yellow eye balls, or dark urine and pale stools.

“It’s quite infectious and readily spread from person to person, that’s why its important people are aware of it now so that if they are in the early stages of the illness they can take steps to prevent spreading it to others,” said Dr Sheppeard.

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(Ours have gone back to Woolies this morning. But we have used quite a bit of this product.)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-14/frozen-berries-recalled-over-hepatitis-a-link/6098432

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-15/two-hepatitis-cases-from-nannas-berries-in-nsw/6106490

i read that one of the pickers was caught urinating on the berries in the tub to increase their weight as they get paid by the kilo. don’t think it was related to this recall but just a relevant incident that could be a problem. though you’d think all fruit would be washed before sale.

Boris said:

i read that one of the pickers was caught urinating on the berries in the tub to increase their weight as they get paid by the kilo. don’t think it was related to this recall but just a relevant incident that could be a problem. though you’d think all fruit would be washed before sale.

I wonder how many other pickers piss on the product to increase weight

maybe the industry needs a small device to check for urine on the product

Hep A transmission is usually oro-faecal, I believe, which suggests the problem is not urine.

Rule 303 said:

Hep A transmission is usually oro-faecal, I believe, which suggests the problem is not urine.

Night soil as fertiliser?

yep, i was just pointing out that one doesn’t know how their food is handled before they get it. also unless you have a lot of urine you ain’t going to get much extra pay.

But I’m sure the berries remain both certified Organic and Paleo.

Boris said:

i read that one of the pickers was caught urinating on the berries in the tub to increase their weight as they get paid by the kilo. don’t think it was related to this recall but just a relevant incident that could be a problem. though you’d think all fruit would be washed before sale.

Clearly, we both have experience in the wine industry. ;)

Rule 303 said:

But I’m sure the berries remain both certified Organic and Paleo.

piss is organic?

roughbarked said:

piss is organic?

Hep A is spread through shit, not piss.

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

piss is organic?

Hep A is spread through shit, not piss.

I hope the packets warn: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SHIT

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

piss is organic?

Hep A is spread through shit, not piss.

I was pissing in the wind, as you could guess.

Bubblecar said:

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

piss is organic?

Hep A is spread through shit, not piss.

I hope the packets warn: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SHIT

You’d think it would be a requirement where they are not supervised regarding handwashing.

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

piss is organic?

Hep A is spread through shit, not piss.

It seems obvious then that a lot of pickers are not washing their hands, so the industry needs devices to check the unwashed.

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

Boris said:

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Does it actually say ‘wash before use’ on the packet?

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Does it actually say ‘wash before use’ on the packet?

Well, it does on some.

one would think that frozen berries wouldn’t have wash before use.

Boris said:

one would think that frozen berries wouldn’t have wash before use.

Hmm but earth was once an ice ball and life was here both sides.

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Does it actually say ‘wash before use’ on the packet?

Well, it does on some.

does it on these packets? I do use them but I have never noticed anything that suggests washing them. Since they are frozen they often go straight from the bag into the blender for smoothies. or onto the cake without sagging.

Bubblecar said:

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

piss is organic?

Hep A is spread through shit, not piss.

I hope the packets warn: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SHIT

Ours didn’t.

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

one would think that frozen berries wouldn’t have wash before use.

Hmm but earth was once an ice ball and life was here both sides.

wtf does that mean?

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

Does it actually say ‘wash before use’ on the packet?

Well, it does on some.

does it on these packets? I do use them but I have never noticed anything that suggests washing them. Since they are frozen they often go straight from the bag into the blender for smoothies. or onto the cake without sagging.

I’ve never perused nor purchased frozen berries. so no, I have no idea what is written on the packet.

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

one would think that frozen berries wouldn’t have wash before use.

Hmm but earth was once an ice ball and life was here both sides.

wtf does that mean?

freezing may kill some life but not necessarily all.

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Umm. No such instruction. The berries were frozen. Assumption is they are ready for use as frozen. Pre-washed. Imagine, thawing and washing that slush? Impossible.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Umm. No such instruction. The berries were frozen. Assumption is they are ready for use as frozen. Pre-washed. Imagine, thawing and washing that slush? Impossible.

You’d think so, yes.

or at least I would. I eat the berries from my garden with no knowledge of what dog pissed on it.
but if I had doubts, I’d probably wash first.

Remember we have been here before with e-coli. washed organic food from a certified processing plant.

Somehow, greeblies got back in afterwards.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

it would be really hard to supervise pickers to this extent. plus you sometimes need a piss and handwashing facilities can be miles away. also supervisors want work to be done not people going back to their water bottle to wash their hands.

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Umm. No such instruction. The berries were frozen. Assumption is they are ready for use as frozen. Pre-washed. Imagine, thawing and washing that slush? Impossible.

exactly, they are marketed as a ‘ready to use’ food. One would expect all the hygiene stuff to be taken care of (provided that it stays frozen) to be fair the virus may even have come from the washing process, having contaminated water. these ones may have been better off non washed

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

Does it actually say ‘wash before use’ on the packet?

Well, it does on some.

does it on these packets? I do use them but I have never noticed anything that suggests washing them. Since they are frozen they often go straight from the bag into the blender for smoothies. or onto the cake without sagging.

Not on these packets. Yes, used straight from packet.

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

Arts said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

So, why don’t people read the “wash before use” instructions?

Umm. No such instruction. The berries were frozen. Assumption is they are ready for use as frozen. Pre-washed. Imagine, thawing and washing that slush? Impossible.

exactly, they are marketed as a ‘ready to use’ food. One would expect all the hygiene stuff to be taken care of (provided that it stays frozen) to be fair the virus may even have come from the washing process, having contaminated water. these ones may have been better off non washed

The latter is a useful point. The loving wife wants to come back here while doing chemo and I suggested that we’d have to be constantly pumping the septic tank to avoid polluting the food garden.

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

One incident can break many comapnies. others may sustain the damage and have the resources to move on.

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

I’d compare it to the SA salami company many years back. If this becomes an epidemic (and it could) and/or people die, I’d expect no company recovery.

I suspect that yesterday’s shit bucket got used as today’s collection bucket?

Michael V said:

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

I’d compare it to the SA salami company many years back. If this becomes an epidemic (and it could) and/or people die, I’d expect no company recovery.

I don’t know if this was just a Perth thing, but, years ago, this huge gym chain offered people ‘lifetime’ memberships to the gym. Then the whole company went into liquidation and a whole bunch of people lost a whole lot of money. About five years later a new mega gym company rose.. with the rumors of the same board of directors. No life time memberships being offered though. fool them once… etc

Carmen_Sandiego said:

I suspect that yesterday’s shit bucket got used as today’s collection bucket?

somhow the greeblies got back in. This can be the only avenue, unless some packets didn’t get sealed correctly though this probably still amounts to the same thing.

PATTIES FOODS MEDIA RELEASE: UPDATE
15 February 2015
Patties Foods extends Nanna’s Frozen Mixed Berries Consumer Recall to include Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries.

:( My boys made smoothies with these this morning. I made sure I checked the brand beforehand.

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

It costs no more than whatever it takes to change a logo on the packaging.

Carmen_Sandiego said:

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

It costs no more than whatever it takes to change a logo on the packaging.

that can be quite expensive

“The berries came from China and Chile and were packed at Patties Foods, which is based in Bairnsdale, east Victoria.”

a long chain of things that can go wrong…

Arts said:

Michael V said:

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

I’d compare it to the SA salami company many years back. If this becomes an epidemic (and it could) and/or people die, I’d expect no company recovery.

I don’t know if this was just a Perth thing, but, years ago, this huge gym chain offered people ‘lifetime’ memberships to the gym. Then the whole company went into liquidation and a whole bunch of people lost a whole lot of money. About five years later a new mega gym company rose.. with the rumors of the same board of directors. No life time memberships being offered though. fool them once… etc

IWC, the International Watch Company promised new owners a lifetime supply, that every spare part and someone to replace it would be kept on hand for a minimum of one hindred years after purchase. They closed their doors decades past.

Arts said:

Carmen_Sandiego said:

Arts said:

on a completely different direction – how much would it cost a company to recover from this.. not only thousands in recalled and destroyed product, but in reputation and future sales of all goods from the company

It costs no more than whatever it takes to change a logo on the packaging.

that can be quite expensive

maybe .05% of the cost.

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

Michael V said:

I’d compare it to the SA salami company many years back. If this becomes an epidemic (and it could) and/or people die, I’d expect no company recovery.

I don’t know if this was just a Perth thing, but, years ago, this huge gym chain offered people ‘lifetime’ memberships to the gym. Then the whole company went into liquidation and a whole bunch of people lost a whole lot of money. About five years later a new mega gym company rose.. with the rumors of the same board of directors. No life time memberships being offered though. fool them once… etc

IWC, the International Watch Company promised new owners a lifetime supply, that every spare part and someone to replace it would be kept on hand for a minimum of one hindred years after purchase. They closed their doors decades past.

Yes, I’m aware of the typo.

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

Carmen_Sandiego said:

It costs no more than whatever it takes to change a logo on the packaging.

that can be quite expensive

maybe .05% of the cost.

I doubt that it’s that small.. millions in poured into logos and advertising.

Carmen_Sandiego said:

I suspect that yesterday’s shit bucket got used as today’s collection bucket?

Who knows what happened? I don’t.

Really, I just was alerting you lot, in case any of you also had used or or were still using this product. Point of the opening post:

• Don’t use the product.
• Return or destroy what you have. (Ours was returned today.)
• Keep an eye out for hepatitis symptoms for the next 7-8 weeks.
• Seek medical advice if and as soon as symptoms appear, so your case can be managed properly.

Michael V said:

Carmen_Sandiego said:

I suspect that yesterday’s shit bucket got used as today’s collection bucket?

Who knows what happened? I don’t.

Really, I just was alerting you lot, in case any of you also had used or or were still using this product. Point of the opening post:

• Don’t use the product.
• Return or destroy what you have. (Ours was returned today.)
• Keep an eye out for hepatitis symptoms for the next 7-8 weeks.
• Seek medical advice if and as soon as symptoms appear, so your case can be managed properly.

• good luck

Speedy said:

PATTIES FOODS MEDIA RELEASE: UPDATE
15 February 2015
Patties Foods extends Nanna’s Frozen Mixed Berries Consumer Recall to include Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries.

:( My boys made smoothies with these this morning. I made sure I checked the brand beforehand.

Bummer.

Michael V said:

Really, I just was alerting you lot, in case any of you also had used or or were still using this product. Point of the opening post:

• Don’t use the product.
• Return or destroy what you have. (Ours was returned today.)
• Keep an eye out for hepatitis symptoms for the next 7-8 weeks.
• Seek medical advice if and as soon as symptoms appear, so your case can be managed properly.

http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au/diseases/hepatitis-a.asp

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

PATTIES FOODS MEDIA RELEASE: UPDATE
15 February 2015
Patties Foods extends Nanna’s Frozen Mixed Berries Consumer Recall to include Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries.

:( My boys made smoothies with these this morning. I made sure I checked the brand beforehand.

Bummer.

fyi Consumers have also been told not to eat fruit from packets with best-before dates up to and including November 22, 2016.

contamination happened in this country I guess…..

I have none of these products in my house, but thanks for the heads-up.

sister had hep when young, relatives from adelaide brought it over was going around their school, whole family quarantined for while think all us kids had time off school, no one else in family got it, remember extra attention to hygiene, hand washing in particular that sort of thing.

i buy frozen mixed berries but these you have to put into containers yourself. so far i don’t appear to be suffering from anything.

Arts said:

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

PATTIES FOODS MEDIA RELEASE: UPDATE
15 February 2015
Patties Foods extends Nanna’s Frozen Mixed Berries Consumer Recall to include Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries.

:( My boys made smoothies with these this morning. I made sure I checked the brand beforehand.

Bummer.

fyi Consumers have also been told not to eat fruit from packets with best-before dates up to and including November 22, 2016.

Your boys have most likely had a Hep A vaccination course and should be fine.

sorry, that’s hep b…don’t mind me.

poikilotherm said:

sorry, that’s hep b…don’t mind me.

we didn’t. You got away with that one.;)

poikilotherm said:

sorry, that’s hep b…don’t mind me.

:) Okay. Thanks anyway.

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

I just called the Consumer Hotline. Apparently the rasberries are from a different plant altoghether, so I needn’t worry :)

Speedy said:

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

I just called the Consumer Hotline. Apparently the rasberries are from a different plant altoghether, so I needn’t worry :)

Well that must be a big relief. Not the sort of stress you want.

party_pants said:

Well that must be a big relief. Not the sort of stress you want.

No-one needs that stress, not that I was particularly worried.

If they’d developed any of the symptoms though, I would have reacted like a hippo mumma.

Boris said:

Apparently the rasberries are from a different plant altoghether, so I needn’t worry

yes, a raspberry plant.

It’s only those mixed berry plants that we need to look out for :)

i see you found it.

:-)

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Well that must be a big relief. Not the sort of stress you want.

No-one needs that stress, not that I was particularly worried.

If they’d developed any of the symptoms though, I would have reacted like a hippo mumma.

Oh well, if shit happens :)

sibeen said:

Oh well, if shit happens :)

… and this here ;)

Just in case no-one has covered this yet:

If you or anyone you know believes they may have eaten contaminated fruit within the last 72 hours, there might still be post-exposure prophylaxis available, but you will have to act immediately.

General info – Post Exposure Prophylaxis

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

i read that one of the pickers was caught urinating on the berries in the tub to increase their weight as they get paid by the kilo. don’t think it was related to this recall but just a relevant incident that could be a problem. though you’d think all fruit would be washed before sale.

Clearly, we both have experience in the wine industry. ;)

I was once working as a contractor at a winery.

When you open the hatch on top of the fermenting tanks the vapors that come out are genuinely overpowering. I saw a bird land on the rim of an open hatch, keel over and fall in to the tank. I told one of the winery workers about it and he just shrugged. “Happens all the time” he said. I asked if any effort was going to be made to fish the bird out rather than just let it rot in the wine. “Nah…”

esselte said:

I was once working as a contractor at a winery.

When you open the hatch on top of the fermenting tanks the vapors that come out are genuinely overpowering. I saw a bird land on the rim of an open hatch, keel over and fall in to the tank. I told one of the winery workers about it and he just shrugged. “Happens all the time” he said. I asked if any effort was going to be made to fish the bird out rather than just let it rot in the wine. “Nah…”

“Lips that touch wine
Shall never touch mine!”

(Sets prohibitionist cause back 1000 years – apologies to Johnny Hart & Wizard of Id)

esselte said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

i read that one of the pickers was caught urinating on the berries in the tub to increase their weight as they get paid by the kilo. don’t think it was related to this recall but just a relevant incident that could be a problem. though you’d think all fruit would be washed before sale.

Clearly, we both have experience in the wine industry. ;)

I was once working as a contractor at a winery.

When you open the hatch on top of the fermenting tanks the vapors that come out are genuinely overpowering. I saw a bird land on the rim of an open hatch, keel over and fall in to the tank. I told one of the winery workers about it and he just shrugged. “Happens all the time” he said. I asked if any effort was going to be made to fish the bird out rather than just let it rot in the wine. “Nah…”

believe that this sort of thing happens quite a lot.

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

Uh-oh. Sorry to be the bearer of unfortunate news.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/fourth-frozen-berry-product-recalled-in-hepatitis-a-scare/6126272

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Frozen berries hepatitis A scare: Nanna’s raspberries product recalled from sale

A fourth frozen berry product has been recalled in the wake of a spate of cases of hepatitis A linked to produce sourced in China.

Nanna’s Raspberries one-kilogram packs are being withdrawn by Patties Foods as a precautionary measure, days after the company recalled the Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet brands of mixed berries.

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

Uh-oh. Sorry to be the bearer of unfortunate news.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/fourth-frozen-berry-product-recalled-in-hepatitis-a-scare/6126272

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Frozen berries hepatitis A scare: Nanna’s raspberries product recalled from sale

A fourth frozen berry product has been recalled in the wake of a spate of cases of hepatitis A linked to produce sourced in China.

Nanna’s Raspberries one-kilogram packs are being withdrawn by Patties Foods as a precautionary measure, days after the company recalled the Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet brands of mixed berries.

Clearly it is all their fault then.

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

Uh-oh. Sorry to be the bearer of unfortunate news.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/fourth-frozen-berry-product-recalled-in-hepatitis-a-scare/6126272

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Frozen berries hepatitis A scare: Nanna’s raspberries product recalled from sale

A fourth frozen berry product has been recalled in the wake of a spate of cases of hepatitis A linked to produce sourced in China.

Nanna’s Raspberries one-kilogram packs are being withdrawn by Patties Foods as a precautionary measure, days after the company recalled the Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet brands of mixed berries.

:( Oh dear. Hopefully the recall doesn’t extend to the Creative Gourmet brand rasberries as well.

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

Uh-oh. Sorry to be the bearer of unfortunate news.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/fourth-frozen-berry-product-recalled-in-hepatitis-a-scare/6126272

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Frozen berries hepatitis A scare: Nanna’s raspberries product recalled from sale

A fourth frozen berry product has been recalled in the wake of a spate of cases of hepatitis A linked to produce sourced in China.

Nanna’s Raspberries one-kilogram packs are being withdrawn by Patties Foods as a precautionary measure, days after the company recalled the Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet brands of mixed berries.

:( Oh dear. Hopefully the recall doesn’t extend to the Creative Gourmet brand rasberries as well.

From what I can see, some of the latter recalls are precautionary only.

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

They were eating the frozen rasberries only. Hopefully these are not the contaminated ones.

Uh-oh. Sorry to be the bearer of unfortunate news.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/fourth-frozen-berry-product-recalled-in-hepatitis-a-scare/6126272

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Frozen berries hepatitis A scare: Nanna’s raspberries product recalled from sale

A fourth frozen berry product has been recalled in the wake of a spate of cases of hepatitis A linked to produce sourced in China.

Nanna’s Raspberries one-kilogram packs are being withdrawn by Patties Foods as a precautionary measure, days after the company recalled the Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet brands of mixed berries.

:( Oh dear. Hopefully the recall doesn’t extend to the Creative Gourmet brand rasberries as well.

it’s probably safe to say be cautious ad not consume anything from that company for a while …

From the Nanna’s FB page just now

Patties Foods Recalls Nanna’s Raspberries linked to a specific source in China, as a precaution.
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Patties Foods has extended its Consumer Recall to include Nanna’s Raspberries 1kg packs following investigations through our global supply chain over the past few days that have identified the potential link to a specific source of raspberries in China.
Patties Foods MD & CEO, Steven Chaur, said the further recall is a precautionary measure in the interests of public safety.
“While there are no confirmed test results indicating a potential link to Hepatitis A, we are working proactively with Health Authorities based on the information they have presented to date.
“Investigations through our supply chain have identified a specific source of raspberries as a potential common link to the possible safety issues raised by Health Authorities.
“The specific source supplied raspberries which were packed in Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries, that were the subject of the Consumer Recall announced over the weekend.
“The source also supplied product for Nanna’s Raspberries 1kg packs, with Best Before Dates up until 15/09/16.
“The supplier of raspberries is no longer used by Patties Foods, since November 2014.
“Product produced prior to November 2014 may still be in the market and we are taking this added precautionary measure of conducting an additional Consumer Recall of all frozen raspberries associated with this specific source located in China, in the interests of public safety.
“The specific source did not supply raspberries for Creative Gourmet Raspberries 300g and 500g packs.
“The Consumer Recall is in advance of further microbiological test results, but given the potential health threat and the level of community concern, we are taking this precautionary measure.

is hep A ‘treatable’?

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

Where’s Megsy when you need her?

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

the symptoms are treatable but the disease itself is incurable

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

The hepatitis A vaccine is effective for prevention. Some countries recommend it routinely for children and those at higher risk who have not previously been vaccinated. It appears to be effective for life. Other preventative measures include hand washing and properly cooking food. There is no specific treatment, with rest and medications for nausea or diarrhea recommended on an as needed basis. Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease. Treatment of acute liver failure, if it occurs, is with liver transplantion.

Cymek said:

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

The hepatitis A vaccine is effective for prevention. Some countries recommend it routinely for children and those at higher risk who have not previously been vaccinated. It appears to be effective for life. Other preventative measures include hand washing and properly cooking food. There is no specific treatment, with rest and medications for nausea or diarrhea recommended on an as needed basis. Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease. Treatment of acute liver failure, if it occurs, is with liver transplantion.

so… maybe

Speedy said:

From the Nanna’s FB page just now

Patties Foods Recalls Nanna’s Raspberries linked to a specific source in China, as a precaution.
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“The specific source did not supply raspberries for Creative Gourmet Raspberries 300g and 500g packs.

Sweet!

:)

Great news.

:)

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

the symptoms are treatable but the disease itself is incurable

but note that vaccinations for Hep A are available

Arts said:

Cymek said:

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

The hepatitis A vaccine is effective for prevention. Some countries recommend it routinely for children and those at higher risk who have not previously been vaccinated. It appears to be effective for life. Other preventative measures include hand washing and properly cooking food. There is no specific treatment, with rest and medications for nausea or diarrhea recommended on an as needed basis. Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease. Treatment of acute liver failure, if it occurs, is with liver transplantion.

so… maybe

Probably not a problem in developed nations but is often deadly in third world nations.

Globally, symptomatic HAV infections are believed to occur in around 1.4 million people a year. There is however likely tens of millions of infections in all. In 2010, acute hepatitis A resulted in 102,000 deaths which is slightly up from 99,000 in 1990. Developed countries have low circulating levels of hepatitis A virus while developing countries have high circulating levels of hepatitis A virus. Most adolescents and adults in developing countries have already had the disease and are thus immune. Adults in mid level countries may be at risk of disease with the potential of being exposed.[37

Arts said:

Cymek said:

Arts said:

is hep A ‘treatable’?

The hepatitis A vaccine is effective for prevention. Some countries recommend it routinely for children and those at higher risk who have not previously been vaccinated. It appears to be effective for life. Other preventative measures include hand washing and properly cooking food. There is no specific treatment, with rest and medications for nausea or diarrhea recommended on an as needed basis. Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease. Treatment of acute liver failure, if it occurs, is with liver transplantion.

so… maybe

no, once you have it there is no cure

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

Cymek said:

The hepatitis A vaccine is effective for prevention. Some countries recommend it routinely for children and those at higher risk who have not previously been vaccinated. It appears to be effective for life. Other preventative measures include hand washing and properly cooking food. There is no specific treatment, with rest and medications for nausea or diarrhea recommended on an as needed basis. Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease. Treatment of acute liver failure, if it occurs, is with liver transplantion.

so… maybe

no, once you have it there is no cure

Which is different to hep B?

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

Cymek said:

The hepatitis A vaccine is effective for prevention. Some countries recommend it routinely for children and those at higher risk who have not previously been vaccinated. It appears to be effective for life. Other preventative measures include hand washing and properly cooking food. There is no specific treatment, with rest and medications for nausea or diarrhea recommended on an as needed basis. Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease. Treatment of acute liver failure, if it occurs, is with liver transplantion.

so… maybe

no, once you have it there is no cure

Aren’t all the hepatitis diseases lifelong and its about management, if you live well its not a probably a problem but if you live poorly it flairs up

Cymek said:

Aren’t all the hepatitis diseases lifelong and its about management, if you live well its not a probably a problem but if you live poorly it flairs up

You said:

Infections usually resolve completely and without ongoing liver disease

so I would assume not.

FYI nerds:

“Approximately 85% of individuals infected with hepatitis A virus (HAV) have full clinical and biochemical recovery within a 3-month period with nearly all individuals recovering within 6 months. In about 10% to 20% of symptomatic patients, a prolonged and relapsing course can occur lasting several months with persistent fever, pruritus, diarrhoea, jaundice, weight loss, and malabsorption. In <1% of patients, a fulminant course of illness occurs characterised by worsening jaundice and encephalopathy. Reported case fatality is 0.6% between the ages of 5 and 14 years, 0.1% between the ages of 15 and 39 years, 0.8% between the ages of 40 and 59 years, and 1.5% for 60 years and older.”

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

so… maybe

no, once you have it there is no cure

Aren’t all the hepatitis diseases lifelong and its about management, if you live well its not a probably a problem but if you live poorly it flairs up

You’re probably thinking of Hep C…is one of those that requires ‘good lifestyle’ during and post treatment, is common among your ‘customers’.

poikilotherm said:

FYI nerds:

“Approximately 85% of individuals infected with hepatitis A virus (HAV) have full clinical and biochemical recovery within a 3-month period with nearly all individuals recovering within 6 months. In about 10% to 20% of symptomatic patients, a prolonged and relapsing course can occur lasting several months with persistent fever, pruritus, diarrhoea, jaundice, weight loss, and malabsorption. In <1% of patients, a fulminant course of illness occurs characterised by worsening jaundice and encephalopathy. Reported case fatality is 0.6% between the ages of 5 and 14 years, 0.1% between the ages of 15 and 39 years, 0.8% between the ages of 40 and 59 years, and 1.5% for 60 years and older.”

Ta.

poikilotherm said:

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

no, once you have it there is no cure

Aren’t all the hepatitis diseases lifelong and its about management, if you live well its not a probably a problem but if you live poorly it flairs up

You’re probably thinking of Hep C…is one of those that requires ‘good lifestyle’ during and post treatment, is common among your ‘customers’.

Yes, about 1/3 of those coming through had Hep C

I think an SSSF person was into hepatitis research, pity they sunk with the other forum.

poikilotherm said:

I think an SSSF person was into hepatitis research, pity they sunk with the other forum.

She went and got a life :)

Carmen_Sandiego said:

poikilotherm said:

I think an SSSF person was into hepatitis research, pity they sunk with the other forum.

She went and got a life :)

She pops in from time to time.

Carmen_Sandiego said:

poikilotherm said:

I think an SSSF person was into hepatitis research, pity they sunk with the other forum.

She went and got a life :)

Interesting that you should say that.

poikilotherm said:

You’re probably thinking of Hep C…is one of those that requires ‘good lifestyle’ during and post treatment, is common among your ‘customers’.

A friend contracted Hepatitis C following a motorbike accident after which he required multiple blood transfusions. This was back in the early ’90’s, I think, before blood was not screened for it.

Recently he underwent treatment for it and had to take very high doses of antiviral medication for 6 months. He did not fully complete the course, saying he would rather live with Hep C than continue with it. So far his blood tests are clear, but he will need to wait until the end of this year to find whether it is gone for good.

roughbarked said:

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

so… maybe

no, once you have it there is no cure

Which is different to hep B?

no… there is no cure for Hep B either… but luckily the human body can successfully clear itself of HepB infection.

diddly-squat said:

roughbarked said:

diddly-squat said:

no, once you have it there is no cure

Which is different to hep B?

. but luckily the human body can successfully clear itself of HepB infection.

Not very well.

i don’t believe Meg drops in here.

A well written article on hepatitis:

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Hepatitis_explained

Michael V said:

A well written article on hepatitis:

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Hepatitis_explained

This department does write very helpful and easy to understand articles.

(from chat)

Speedy said:

Little Speedy seems to have a stomach bug and ended up on the toilet for most of the night*. He was crying .

• He is home today drinking Hydrolite and resting. Keeping an eye out for Hep A symptoms. Although I usually buy Creative Gourmet Rasberries (which I noticed last night were still stocked in the freezer at WW), I’m not 100% sure that this was the brand that we used a few weeks ago.
  

Fingers crossed for you.

Thanks MV. He’s happy to be home playing Minecraft :)

Michael V said:

(from chat)

Speedy said:

Little Speedy seems to have a stomach bug and ended up on the toilet for most of the night*. He was crying .

• He is home today drinking Hydrolite and resting. Keeping an eye out for Hep A symptoms. Although I usually buy Creative Gourmet Rasberries (which I noticed last night were still stocked in the freezer at WW), I’m not 100% sure that this was the brand that we used a few weeks ago.
  

Fingers crossed for you.

Oh dear :( how worrying. I hope he’s okay soon.