Hepatitis Threat Forces Another Frozen Fruit Recall

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had identified another product contaminated with Hepatitis A, which was the cause of a recall of frozen organic berries earlier this month.

As a result, the Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham, Ore., has recalled three different lots of its Woodstock Frozen Organic Pomegranate Kernels, which were shipped from February through May to United Natural Foods Inc. distribution centers in 12 states – California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington.

The F.D.A. said the centers might have distributed the pomegranate seeds to grocery stores in other states.

The pomegranate seeds in the Scenic Fruit product came from the same shipment of pomegranate seeds from Turkey that were used in a frozen berry mixture made by Townsend Farms of Fairview, Ore. Townsend recalled packages of its Organic Antioxidant Blend sold in Costco stores on the West Coast and in Harris Teeter grocery stores, primarily located in the southeast.

The Centers for Disease Control has identified 127 people who became ill with the virus caused by Hepatitis A after eating the Townsend Farms berries, although none so far from the Harris Teeter stores.

In a statement, the agency said it would continue "working with the firms who have distributed pomegranate seeds from this shipment from Turkey to help ensure that all recipients of these seeds have been notified."

That berry contamination case cropped up shortly after Shuanghui International, a large Chinese meat processor, announced plans to buy Smithfield Foods, one of the biggest pork producers in the country, raising public awareness of how much food is imported to the United States.

The particular strain of Hepatitis A found in clinical specimens taken from 56 of the people who were sickened belongs to a genotype rarely seen in the United States but that is circulating in North Africa and the Middle East.

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