Hepatitsmittade door skolkök been scattered – News

Hepatitis A can infect frozen berries. Previously, raspberries acted as smugglers, but this time there are frozen strawberries that spread the infection on Swedish soil.

Since May, fifteen people have fallen into hepatitis A, mainly in southern Sweden. Jonas Toljander, risk assessor at the Swedish Food Safety Authority, explains that these strawberries are distributed from Poland to Sweden through a wholesale store, after which they went to various restaurants, retirement homes and schools.

TT: Did the Swedish wholesaler stop importing from the Polish distributor?

I can not answer

Risk of new cases

Since the discovery of the infection, the wholesaler has informed his clients and most of the strawberries have been revoked. But the work is complicated by the closed summer schools and the kindergartens. On the other hand, frozen strawberries are not eaten either, says Jonas Toljander

Exactly what the infection is due, the Food Administration does not know.

The suspicion is that the irrigation water was dirty. Despite the action of the Swedish Food and Drug Administration and the wholesaler, Jonas Toljander warns that there is still a risk of finding new cases of hepatitis before the end of summer: 19659006] Hepatitis A is a virus that has a very long immersion time. It can take several weeks to get sick and you can be sick for several weeks. We expect some cases to appear in August, even though the product has been fully recalled.

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The Public Health Authority, in collaboration with the Swedish Food Safety Authority, the affected contagion and the municipalities, is conducting a better investigation. Even the Polish authorities are informed and do similar analyzes.

Vaccinating is an effective protection against hepatitis A because many Swedes travel abroad. If you have ever had hepatitis A before you are also protected.

Young children rarely get sick, have no symptoms but can spread the infection, says Jonas Toljander and gives his best recommendation:

Boil frozen strawberries, if you want to be sure. I would do that.