Hepatitis A Risk In Raspberries Spurs Recall In PA

PENNSYLVANIA — Federal officials are warning the public that a certain brand of raspberries sold in Pennsylvania and several nearby stats could be contaminated with the contagion Hepatitis A.

Some 1,260 cases of James Farm frozen raspberries, made by the company Exportadora Copramar, have been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

No illnesses have yet been confirmed, officials added.

The raspberries are exclusively sold through Restaurant Depot and Jetro locations in Pennsylvnia as well as New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.

Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver diver disease that typically spread when someone unknowingly ingests food or drinks contaminated by small, undetected amounts of contaminated feces from the infected person. This is sometimes seen in the food industry and is one reason that proper hygiene — specifically, hand-washing — is of vital importance.

"Transmission is predominantly by direct person-to-person contact, related to crowding and poor hygiene," according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Illness occurs between 15 and 50 days after exposure and symptoms typically include fatigue, jaundice, dark urine, and pale stool.

Impacted boxes are 10 bear the UPC code 76069501010 and lot code CO 22-165UPC.