Health Alerts

Health authorities are searching for the source of at least 28 non-travel related hepatitis A infections reported in England and Wales this year. Batches of dates imported from Jordan have been recalled from one supermarket chain as a precaution while investigations continue. Food Safety News reports that ‘genomic sequencing has identified three closely related strains of the Hepatitis A virus and investigations continue into a possible common source’. Further analysis may result in other food recalls or new advice. Read More