Frozen tuna. (Photo: FDA)
FDA investigates frozen tuna linked hepatitis A cases
(UNITED STATES, 6/6/2017)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are assisting state and local officials in assessing the risk of hepatitis A virus exposure from contaminated frozen tuna sourced from firm from Vietnam and from another one from the Philippines.
Both entities explain that if unvaccinated consumers have consumed the products from Sustainable Seafood Company (Vietnam) and from Santa Cruz Seafood Inc. (Philippines) withdrawn by Hilo Fish Company within the last two weeks, post-exposure prophylaxis may help prevent hepatitis A virus infection.
Meanwhile, the FDA is providing a list of establishments in Texas, Oklahoma, and California that may currently have potentially contaminated tuna in commerce to help alert consumers that may be at risk of the hepatitis A virus.
In addition, it is collecting additional frozen tuna samples and increasing its screening measures and testing for imported seafood for these companies.
On the other hand, the federal agency has prepared a list of restaurants and other retail locations that received the recalled frozen tuna and will continue to update this list as its investigation continues.
To protect the health of consumers who may have eaten contaminated tuna and require post-exposure prophylaxis, the FDA has determined that it is necessary to make public the names of these businesses as part of the recall.
On May 1, the Hawaii Department of Health notified the FDA that a sample of frozen tuna cubes from Indonesia tested positive for the hepatitis A virus. On May 2, the FDA contacted the Tropic Fish Hawaii LLC, a subsidiary distributor of Hilo Fish Company, to obtain additional information related to the positive tuna sample.
Tropic Fish Hawaii LLC initiated a product recall because the affected product had been distributed to its customers in Oahu, Hawaii. The state of Hawaii embargoed the lot that tested positive and the FDA confirmed the sample was positive.
On May 16, Hilo Fish Company notified the FDA that it had submitted samples of additional shipments held in its cold storage facility in Hawaii to a private laboratory for testing and received additional positive results for the hepatitis A virus.
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