Many had purchased tickets online we were directed to another line. Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/customer/on line 54Ĭalendar > Travels With TR – Atlantic & Arctic Awe – An East Coast Adventure – Log IVĪ lengthy line stretched out from the main entrance, as the museum was about to open. Warning: Use of undefined constant ai1ec_event - assumed 'ai1ec_event' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 54 Warning: Use of undefined constant single - assumed 'single' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 54 Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/customer/on line 38 Warning: Use of undefined constant ai1ec_event - assumed 'ai1ec_event' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 38 But we do look forward to the opportunity to discuss the details in court.Warning: Use of undefined constant single - assumed 'single' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 38 With respect to the lawsuit, we, unfortunately, cannot address the specific issues in the case because it is under litigation. While it is unclear how or where the contamination may have occurred along the supply chain, this is a terrible situation. "Our hearts go out to everyone who was affected by the May 2022 Hepatitis A contamination associated with fresh organic strawberries. They declined an interview but sent the following statement: KPBS reached out to FreshKampo and Meridian Fine Foods.
Marler also said lawsuits aimed at holding companies accountable are the most effective way to prevent future outbreaks. Marler echoed the advice about knowing where your food comes from, and said there was something people could do to avoid getting sick: "The good thing is that (Hepatitis A is) the only food-borne illness that is vaccine-preventable." "It's really important that people should educate and know where their produce and fruit and vegetables come from and how they’re grown," she said. She also said having families come and pick berries themselves served two purposes: fun and education. "We adhere to really strict policies in how they’re grown and especially use clean, fresh water," Ukegawa said.
She said her family farm has been growing strawberries for decades and takes pride in how they’re grown. Robyn Ukegawa is the manager of the Carlsbad Strawberry Company. KPBS also spoke with a local strawberry grower about food safety. Though many are hesitant to eat strawberries during this outbreak, Marler said it was only linked to the brands tied to the farm in Mexico. "The problem is that it’s contaminated with a human fecal virus, which isn't that pleasant to think about, that can cause extreme illness," he said. And even food that is cooked can spread the potentially deadly virus. Once food is contaminated, it’s difficult to kill the virus. Liver failure can cause death or, in the best scenario, may well cause you to have a liver transplant," he said, warning that it only takes a small amount of the virus on the food to make people sick. "Hospitalization means that they’re sick enough that they’re being monitored for liver failure. When KPBS talked to Marler, he said 20 people had been hospitalized after eating those two brands of strawberries, and he expected the case count to rise in the United States and Canada. Marler has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Arthur family and others against the Mexican grower and the Fresno-based distributor, Meridian Fine Foods, which owns the brand. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are investigating the multistate outbreak and have linked it to a grower in Mexico that sells the strawberries under the names FreshKampo and H-E-B Organics. "So even people who are out of the hospital and are home now aren’t completely out of the woods." He said there was also a risk of relapse. If somebody's hospitalized it may take them months to recover." said Marler, who specializes in food-related illnesses. in the best case scenario, it usually takes somebody about a month to recover. David Arthur is out of the hospital now, but is still suffering the effects of the illness.