Frozen fruit from Walmart, Costco, HEB, remembered over capacity liverdisease A contamination

Frozen fruit from Walmart, Costco, HEB, remembered over capacity liverdisease A contamination

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An Oregon-based business is releasing a recall on choose plans of frozen fruit consistingof strawberries grown in Mexico due to the prospective for Hepatitis A contamination.

Willamette Valley Fruit Co, of Salem, Oregon, released the voluntary recall Monday for choose bundles of frozen fruit consistingof strawberries grown in Mexico.

Signs of liverdisease A directexposure consistof tiredness, jaundice, dark urine, pale stool and, in some cases, liver failure.

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What plans are being remembered?

According to an alert released Tuesday from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the items were offered and dispersed through the following merchants:

  • Walmart:  Great Value Sliced Strawberries, Great Value Mixed Fruit, and Great Value Antioxidant Blend dispersed to choose Walmart shops in 32 states from Jan. 24 2023 to June 8.
  • Costco Wholesale Stores: Rader Farms Organic Fresh Start Smoothie Blend dispersed to Costco Wholesale shops in Colorado, Texas, California, and Arizona from Oct. 3rd, 2022 through June 8
  • HEB:  Rader Farms Organic Berry Trio dispersed to HEB shops in Texas from July 18t2022 to June 8.

See the total list of remembered frozen fruit here.

How do I get a refund?

The FDA is recommending customers to getridof of the year-old mix or return it to shops for a refund, including that the product is no longer readilyavailable on shop racks.  

So far no healthproblem haveactually been reported by the FDA or business.

How do individuals agreement liverdisease A?

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) liverdisease A is not typically sent through person-to-person contact however is rather generally spread by close physical contact, consistingof sex and needle sharing, or through fecal-oral contact.  

While the recall was not connected to any recorded diseases, the CDC reported the U.S. hasactually grappled with anumberof liverdisease A breakouts in current years, with one foodborne breakout linked to strawberries resulting in 13 hospitalizations over 4 states inbetween March and May of 2022.

To prevent possible infection, the World Health Organization  suggests taking additional care when handling food or beverage.

As of June, the CDC continued to screen potential breakouts in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana and Missouri. 

Separate frozen fruit recall released

The recall comes simply days after Wawona Frozen Foods has revealed a voluntary recall of its Organic DayBreak Blend due to potential Hepatitis A contamination of Mexican-grown strawberries consistedof in the mix.

The recall, made out of an “abundance of care,” consistsof 4-pound bags offered at Costco shops inbetween April 15 and June 26, 2022, with “use by” dates of September 23, 29, 30 and November 10, 2023.

Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge

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