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Source: FLEXNEWS Source of Article: http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/19197/Food-Safety/Peru/Seafood/Spain/spain-dozens-hepatitis-cases-linked-contaminated-shellfish-peru.html |
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September - At least 40 people the Valencia
region of Spain have
caught Hepatitis A after eating contaminated frozen shellfish from Peru
The region’s top health official Manuel Cervera confirmed this week that dozens of recently
reported Hepatitis A cases were being linked to consumption of the frozen
shellfish tellina from
Mr Cervera said that none
of the case were serious or had required the victims to be hospitalised. He said the likelihood of more cases was
not being ruled out.
The announcement comes just days after the Spanish food safety authority,
AESAN, raised the alarm on the European Union’s Rapid Alert System for Food
and Feed (RASFF).
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