FoodtopsyFrançais
Menu

Hepatitis A

In the body: A liver infection that spreads through contaminated food.

Not rated by dose: a flag on one reviewed food, strawberries.

Background. Shown, not scored: no dose basis at normal intake, a classification rather than a risk, or legal limits only.

All hazards

The reference value and where it comes from

  • The agency’s figureno agency dose value
  • Basisagency advice: vaccination within 14 days of exposure can prevent infection; outbreak notice, not a health-based limit
  • Applies tofresh and frozen berries contaminated at source
  • Source PHAC 2022

Reviewed foods that carry it

1 reviewed food carries it; none is rated by dose.

How often you can eat it

No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.

Flags and context, not rated by dose

  • Strawberries, raw

    Context

    PHAC 2022 · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Shown as context, not rated: this is an outbreak record, not a prevalence. In 2022, 10 cases of hepatitis A (4 in Alberta, 6 in Saskatchewan) were linked to imported FreshKampo brand fresh organic strawberries sold at Co-op stores on March 5-9, 2022; the outbreak closed on 2022-07-18. CFIA's retail testing found no hepatitis A RNA in 4,218 berry and pomegranate-aril samples (Steele 2022). PHAC advises that vaccination can prevent infection if given within 14 days of exposure, and not to eat strawberries that were frozen to eat later.

    Intake: outbreak record (context) · Level in the food: 10 laboratory-confirmed cases (4 hospitalised, 0 deaths) (outbreak count)

    Measured on: PHAC notice 2022: Alberta 4 and Saskatchewan 6 cases linked to imported FreshKampo brand fresh organic strawberries sold at Co-op stores March 5-9, 2022; outbreak closed 2022-07-18. US FDA linked the same brand to a wider outbreak.

Sources