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  • New food safety infosheet: Hepatitis A in staff member at Littleton, CO grocery store

    Posted: April 21st, 2009 - 10:31pm by Ben Chapman

    This week's food safety infosheet focuses on a Hep A incident that arose over the weekend.  A staff member responsible for handling and preparing produce in a Colorado Albertson's was found to have Hepatitis A.

    Food safety infosheet highlights:
    -Albertsons shoppers may have been exposed to virus between April 6 and April 21, 2009.
    -Transmission of Hepatitis A happens through the fecal-oral route.
    -Virus-containing poop remaining on hands after using the toilet is a risk.

    You can download the food safety infosheet here.

    Food safety infosheets are created weekly and are posted in restaurants, retail stores, on farms and used in training throughout the world. If you have any infosheet topic requests, or photos, please contact Ben Chapman at benjamin_chapman@ncsu.edu.

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  • Albertsons customers face hepatitis threat

    Posted: April 19th, 2009 - 8:06pm by Doug Powell

    The Denver Post reports that people who have eaten store-prepared produce from an Albertsons in Littleton, Colorado, recently could face shots because a store employee has tested positive for hepatitis A.

    The Tri-County Health Department said the warning applies specifically to those who have bought green onions, celery that has had the leaves trimmed, any lettuce that was not pre-bagged, any pre-cut watermelon, cantaloupe or honeydew melon.

    "The employee followed good hand hygiene practices and wore gloves," said Dr. Richard L. Vogt, executive Director of Tri-County Health Department.

    For more information call the health department at 303-846-2006 or Albertsons at 1-877-932-7948. Information also is available on the health department website, www.tchd.org.

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