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Boil all imported frozen berries, they could contain hepatitis A - FSAI

So far in Ireland, there have been 15 primary cases of hepatitis A linked to the consumption of the frozen fruit.

THE FOOD SAFETY Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are advising people to boil all imported frozen berries again.

It’s the second time the FSAI have asked people to boil the fruit for at least one minute before eating as it continues its investigation into a food poisoning outbreak of hepatitis A virus.

According to Prof Alan Reilly, chief executive of the FSAI, boiling imported frozen berries for at least one minute destroys the virus if it is present.

So far in Ireland, there have been 15 primary cases of hepatitis A linked to the consumption of the frozen fruit.

The outbreak in Ireland – and the link to frozen imported berries – coincides with a similar outbreak in Italy.

The FSAI continues to work in close collaboration with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the Health Service Executive and the National Virus Reference Laboratory focusing on tracking and tracing the foods that those infected with the virus say they have eaten and cross referencing this information with similar investigations in Italy.

The FSAI added that it was unlikely that fresh Irish or fresh imported berries are a cause of the outbreak.

What is hepatitis A?

It is a disease that can be relatively mild, lasting one to two weeks, or more severe lasting months. Symptoms increase with age. The most common symptoms are fever, loss of appetite, nausea, fatigue and abdominal pain, followed within a few days by jaundice.

The incubation period (time from exposure to onset of illness) ranges from 15 to 50 days, the average being 28 days.

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    These individuals do not represent the vast majority of normal, peace -loving people. Allowing such a raggle-raggle bunch to use the acronym IRA is a complete misnomer. They are NOT an army. They should be correctly referred to as the IRI (I = Individuals) or IRT (T for Thugs or Terrorists) & that would be much more to the point & would present a true picture of those they represent.

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    @Richard Ahern: the previous incarnation were the same. Any group killing innocent men, women, and children, involved in racketeering, kidnapping, the drug industry, armed robbery for “army funds” and organised crime in general, falls into that category.

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    Aug 24th 2022, 6:41 PM

    @frank griffin: it’s a factual comment. Are you telling me that the previous incarnation represented the vast majority of peace loving people and didn’t engage in the acts that I listed? I don’t think so.

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    But can’t arrest anybody in relation to what happened to Noah Donahue,strange!!

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    Aug 24th 2022, 6:26 PM

    You mean this is still going on ?

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