Breast Milk Ice Cream removed over hepatitis fears

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Well screw the wars, the earthquakes and floods being an indicator of end times.

You know it's time to break out Revelations when I can make a thread about Breast milk ice cream called are you ready? Baby Gaga.

And have my thread be in the same Food and Wine Forum as Natural Harvest Semen Recipes.

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Okay, here's the scoop (pardon the pun).

Breast Milk Ice Cream Causes Hepatitis Fears In London

Updated: Tuesday, 01 Mar 2011, 9:44 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 01 Mar 2011, 8:07 AM EST

By NewsCore - A London borough council confiscated breast milk ice cream being sold in a shop in the city's tourist district over fears it could contain hepatitis viruses and sent it for testing.

"Following two complaints from members of the public and concerns from the Health Protection Agency and Food Standards Agency, our officers visited the premises and removed all ice cream being sold as containing breast milk," council officer Brian Connell told the London Evening Standard newspaper Tuesday. "Selling foodstuffs made from another person's bodily fluids can lead to viruses being passed on and in this case, potentially hepatitis."


Now what I want to know is in this type of product recall how do the authorities determine what lot number might be the cause of contamination?

:lol::lol::lol:

Breast Milk Ice Cream Causes Hepatitis Fears In London
 
Granny says, "Dat's right - it's one o' dem wrath o' God endtime plagues...
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CDC: 150 Percent Increase in Hepatitis C Virus Cases in U.S. – 3.5 Million Infected
August 3, 2016 – At a briefing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, experts on the hepatitis C virus said it is spreading, with a 150 percent increase in diagnosed cases in recent years in the United States and some 3.5 million Americans infected with the blood-borne disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics show that deaths from HCV increased from 11,501 in 2003 to 19,659 in 2014, making it the No. 1 infectious disease killer, according to CDC statistics distributed at the briefing. “Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV),” the CDC literature stated. “Today, most people become infected with the Hepatitis C virus by sharing needles or other equipment to inject drugs.” “The best way to prevent Hepatitis C is by avoiding behaviors that can spread the disease, especially injecting drugs,” the CDC literature stated.

Babies born to mothers infected with HCV also can become infected, and the disease can be transmitted through sexual contact and from equipment contaminated with infected blood such as razors or toothbrushes, according to the CDC. Documents distributed at the briefing compiled by the AIDS Institute, the host of the briefing, stated that people with HIV are at greater risk for acquiring HCV. According to the CDC, 50 to 90 percent of HIV-infected persons who use injection drugs are also infected with the hepatitis C virus.

One of the experts who spoke at the briefing, Dr. John Ward, director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis at CDC, said the health organization views HCV as an “urgent and critical” health crisis in the United States. The good news at the briefing was that, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, with new medication, 80 percent of HCV infections are curable; 80 percent of new HCV infections are preventable; and the elimination of HCV is achievable.

CDC: 150 Percent Increase in Hepatitis C Virus Cases in U.S. – 3.5 Million Infected

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$1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice
July 29, 2014 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The price is sky-high, but so is demand. A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-wasting disease that affects more than 3 million.
Even with insurers reluctant to pay, Sovaldi prescriptions have eclipsed those for all other hepatitis C pills combined in a matter of months, new data from IMS Health indicate. The promise of a real cure, with fewer nasty side effects, has prompted thousands to get treated. But clinical and commercial successes are also triggering scrutiny for the drug's manufacturer, California-based Gilead Sciences Inc., which just reported second-quarter profits of $3.66 billion, or a net margin of 56 percent.

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Two senators have unearthed documents that suggest the initial developers of Sovaldi considered pricing it at less than half as much. The health insurance industry is publicly scolding Gilead, and state Medicaid programs are pushing back.

The repercussions go beyond one drug and one disease. A number of promising cancer medications near approval could be drawn into the storm over costs. "You can't put too fine a point on the sort of moral dilemma that we have here," said Michael Kleinrock, director of the IMS Institute, which studies prescription drug trends. "This is something that the research-based pharmaceutical industry reaches for all the time: a cure. But when they achieve one, can we afford it?"

New data from IMS Health, the parent company of the institute, illustrate Sovaldi's impact since its December debut:
 
Scallops from Philippines source of hepatitis outbreak...
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Hepatitis A outbreak traced to scallops from Philippines, officials say
Aug. 17, 2016 -- Health officials in Hawaii said they have traced the origin of a recent hepatitis A outbreak to some frozen imported scallops from the Philippines.
The state health department said Wednesday the scallops were distributed by Koha Oriental Foods on the islands of Oahu and Kauai, and were packaged by Sea Port Bay Scallops. Health officials are advising consumers to stay away from the affected scallops, which were also served raw at Genki Sushi restaurants in Hawaii, the Star Advertiser reported. All 10 Genki restaurants were ordered closed by the health department.

So far, about 170 people have been sickened by the outbreak. Nearly 50 have been hospitalized. "It looks like the probable cause of this outbreak is imported frozen scallops that were served raw at Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai," Dr. Virginia Pressler, Hawaii's health director, said Wednesday. "As soon as we determined that was the probable cause we notified Genki Sushi and asked them to close their Oahu and Kauai restaurants immediately. "We also embargoed the frozen scallop product so that it wouldn't be further distributed throughout the state."

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Health officials encouraged anyone in Hawaii who may have eaten the affected scallops to see their physician for the hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin, which can preclude the infection if it's administered within two weeks of exposure. Hepatitis A is an infectious disease of the liver. Officials say a person typically does not experience any symptoms of the viral infection for two to six weeks. The disease is more dangerous in elderly individuals, who may suffer liver failure.

The virus is typically spread to humans through infected food, particularly uncooked shellfish. "Genki Sushi was shocked when we received the order to immediately close our restaurants on Oahu and Kauai," Mary Hansen, chief administrative officer of Genki, said. "Genki Sushi cares about the public and our customers health and safety. "We will continue to work with the Department of Health to ensure that we are compliant so that we can open our restaurants as soon as possible."

Hepatitis A outbreak traced to scallops from Philippines, officials say
 
Hepatitis A alert!...
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Virginia Health Officials Link Hepatitis A Cases to Smoothies
August 30, 2016 — Virginia health officials say there are now 40 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A that are connected to frozen strawberries used at Tropical Smoothie Cafe locations across the state, up from 28 cases less than a week ago.
The Virginia Department of Health said in a news release Monday that about 55 percent of the infected residents have been hospitalized. There are more than 500 of the smoothie franchises across the country, and Virginia is not the only state affected.

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Strawberry smoothie​

All the potentially contaminated Egyptian-sourced berries were pulled from the 96 Tropical Smoothie Cafe locations in Virginia no later than Aug. 8 or Aug. 9. Officials say more cases could emerge, since some symptoms take as many as 50 days to emerge. The Hepatitis A virus affects the liver.

Virginia Health Officials Link Hepatitis A Cases to Smoothies

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Egyptian Strawberries 'Thought to be the Source' of Hepatitis Outbreak in USA
August 30, 2016 – Three years after the Obama administration allowed Egyptian strawberry producers access to U.S. markets, imported strawberries from Egypt are "thought to be the source" of an outbreak of hepatitis A that has sickened 44 people in Virginia, according to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).
“Frozen Egyptian strawberries used at Tropical Smoothie Café are thought to be the source of this outbreak,” VDH reported. The 44 people infected with the hepatitis A virus “reported consuming a smoothie at Tropical Smoothie Café prior to becoming ill.” “On August 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified VDH that genetic testing of multiple ill persons showed the illnesses were caused by a strain of hepatitis A that had been associated with past outbreaks due to frozen strawberries from Egypt,” according to an August 26 VDH press release. "VDH has not heard of any other restaurant chain affected by this yet," a spokeswoman told CNSNews.com. "Other restaurants, and firms that supply restaurants, may also have received the frozen strawberries imported from Egypt. "VDH continues to investigate cases and work with state and federal partners, including the Virginia Department of Agruculture and Consumer Services, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the CDC to identify additional locations where the product may have been distributed."

Hepatitis A causes inflammation of the liver. Symptoms include jaundice, pain, fever and nausea. VDH noted that 50 percent of those infected by the virus, who range in age from 15 to 68, had to be hospitalized. A statement issued by Tropical Smoothie Café on August 19th stated that “our cafes and their food handling practices have not been implicated in any way – the health department believes this is a single product issue (strawberries) sourced from Egypt. “Egyptian strawberries represent a fraction of our overall strawberries purchased and were predominantly distributed to stores in the Virginia market. Today, our strawberries are primarily sourced from Mexico and California,” the statement continued. “However, in an abundance of caution, we voluntarily pulled all strawberries sourced from Egypt from every café in our system, not only the Virginia cafes. Our primary concern is for the safety and well-being of our guests and crew members and we will continue to cooperate with health authorities.”

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Then-U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Ann Patterson eats a strawberry in a photo accompanying a 2013 press release on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo website.​

Egypt, which is the world’s fourth largest strawberry producer, exports 40 million tons of fresh and frozen strawberries to 30 countries, including the U.S. According to Food Safety News, Egypt’s Union of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops issued a statement “casting doubt that the country is the source of the contamination.” On Feb. 28, 2013, then U.S. ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson announced that the U.S. would start allowing the importation of Egyptian strawberries. “We are committed to continuing to work with the Egyptian authorities to increase market opportunities for Egyptian exports,” she said at the time. “Increasing trade between our two countries is a key component of boosting employment and economic growth in Egypt.” All fruits and vegetables imported into the U.S. must have a permit and be shipped to specific ports, where they are subject to inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

On Feb. 27, 2013 the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service posted a notice in the Federal Register “advising the public of our decision to begin issuing permits for the importation into the continental United States of fresh strawberry fruit from Egypt.” A statement issued by the Egyptian Embassy at the time said that opening the U.S. market to Egyptian strawberries was “a testament to the high quality of Egyptian strawberry exports,” according to a Feb. 3, 2013 article in Daily News Egypt. However, a June 2015 article in The Lancet reported that in two hepatitis A outbreaks in the European Union, “frozen or fresh strawberries were implicated as the vehicle of infection. “In the first outbreak in the Nordic countries, the implicated frozen strawberries were found to be imported either from Egypt or Morocco. In the second outbreak, affecting travelers returning from Egypt, the implicated fresh strawberries were most likely locally produced.”

Egyptian Strawberries 'Thought to be the Source' of Hepatitis Outbreak in USA
 
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