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> In Morocco, too, strawberries are irrigated with sewage water, and several times this year consignments of strawberries contaminated with hepatitis virus Hep
by Scoundreller 3y ago
> In Morocco, too, strawberries are irrigated with sewage water, and several times this year consignments of strawberries contaminated with hepatitis virus
Hepatitis A contamination of frozen fruits happens from time to time all around the world, but I thought it was usually linked to the picking process and processing plants. Not that irrigation can’t be blamed, but some single digit hours of sunlight exposure should inactivate viruses (even the non-enveloped kind).
- amluto 3y agoWhy is Hepatitis A vaccination coverage so spotty in Europe (according to the WHO vaccination data)? The US has given it as part of the standard pediatric vaccination schedule for decades.
- Scoundreller 3y agoGood question. In Canada it’s something you’d have to pay for (or have private benefits for) because it was seen as only necessary for international travel. If you ask for it, no doctor is going to say no (if you’re willing to pay for the drug). Maybe US recommends more because the people making the recommendations know they won’t have to pay for it and take the lowest-risk approach regardless of cost. Largely you didn’t need it if your food handling/hygiene standards are good, but when you flash freeze foods from anywhere, you dial up the freshness and risk.