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Cause of the Hepatitis A outbreak in Pennsylvania according to the PA health dept.
KDKA Radio 1020, Pittsburgh
| 11/21/03
Posted on 11/21/2003 8:09:43 AM PST by Dane
According to a press conference by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, the cause of the Hepatitis A outbreak, that has so far infected 575 people and caused 3 deaths, came from green onions.
All those infected ate at a Chi-Chi's restaurant at the Beaver Valley Mall located in Center Township, PA.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: hepatitis; hepatitisonions
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Chi-Chi workers were ruled out due to the timing of their symptoms.
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11/21/2003 8:09:44 AM PST
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Dane
To: bonesmccoy; mewzilla; CholeraJoe
ping.
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posted on
11/21/2003 8:10:41 AM PST
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Dane
To: Dane
The health dept. has no idea if the green onions came from Mexico, says the Dept. of Agricuture is still tracking where the green onions came from.
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11/21/2003 8:12:15 AM PST
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Dane
To: Dane
Does not beleive that other restaurants are implicated. he said that every case can be traced back to the Chi-Chi's at the Beaver Valley mall.
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11/21/2003 8:13:49 AM PST
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Dane
To: Dane
Whose onions? South of the border? Are there more? How big a problem is this? Is anybody doing anything to stop it or even to analyze it? The CDC is hoplessly underfunded, can they keep up with this? Why has it taken so long to get to the cause? Is this definitive?
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11/21/2003 8:14:12 AM PST
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flamefront
(To the victor go the oils. No oil or oil-money for islamofascist weapons of mass annihilation.)
To: Dane
Thanks greatly for your reporting.
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11/21/2003 8:15:06 AM PST
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flamefront
(To the victor go the oils. No oil or oil-money for islamofascist weapons of mass annihilation.)
To: aristeides
ping
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11/21/2003 8:16:05 AM PST
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flamefront
(To the victor go the oils. No oil or oil-money for islamofascist weapons of mass annihilation.)
To: flamefront
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11/21/2003 8:16:25 AM PST
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Petronski
(I'm *NOT* always *CRANKY.*)
To: Dane
I've got a can of refried beans in the cupboard that are a product of Mexico. Wonder if it's safe to eat? I'm assuming so because they cooked. Anyway, I think I'm going to lay off going to Mexican restaurants for a while. It's going to be hard because I love tamales.
To: flamefront
To: flamefront
Thanks greatly for your reporting You're welcome. A side anecdote. The spokesman gave a 2 minute psuedo-Oscar like speech before actually getting to the news. It was irritating.
KDKA just dropped the news conference.
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11/21/2003 8:18:16 AM PST
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Dane
To: flamefront
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US Bars Mexican Onions Due to Hepatitis a Outbreak
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Posted by JustPiper On 11/19/2003 2:20 PM PST with 55 comments
Reuters ^ | 11-19-03 | N/A WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has halted imports of Mexican green onions suspected of causing an outbreak of hepatitis A that has sickened more than 500 people in Pennsylvania, a Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) official told Reuters on Wednesday. FDA Deputy Commissioner Lester Crawford said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Friday will release an update on the outbreak, including the food source that has caused at least three deaths and where it originated. Health officials believe Mexican green onions served at a Chi-Chi's restaurant were the source of the Pennsylvania outbreak. Recent cases...
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Posted by lelio On 11/15/2003 7:44 AM PST with 40 comments
Penn Live ^ | 11/14/2003 | DAN LEWERENZ HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) While investigators work to pinpoint the cause of a western Pennsylvania hepatitis A outbreak that has killed three people and sickened more than 490, some food safety experts say green onions are particularly hard to keep clean. Luke LaBorde, assistant professor of food science at Penn State University, said Friday that the way green onions are grown and eaten, even the structure of the onion itself, can make them particularly likely to transmit diseases like hepatitis A.A study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that green onions were more likely to be contaminated with...
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11/21/2003 8:18:27 AM PST
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Sabertooth
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To: flamefront
Whose onions?
The source of the onions has yet to be tracked. They are working on it. It appears to have been only a batch sent to this particular Chi-Chi's, though, as no cases have come in this outbreak that cannot be traced back to this restaurant.
South of the border? Are there more?
Unknown. Unknown.
How big a problem is this?
A pretty big one for southwestern Pennsylvania.
Is anybody doing anything to stop it or even to analyze it?
Yes, and yes, and have been doing so for some time now already.
The CDC is hoplessly underfunded, can they keep up with this?
Is it underfunded? Yes, they can keep up with it. While it is a fairly substantial outbreak, it doesn't appear to be out of control.
Why has it taken so long to get to the cause?
Because it takes time to interview hundreds of sick people and to rule in or out various possibilities.
Is this definitive?
Yes, which is why it took so long.
To: Petronski
To: flamefront
Whose onions? South of the border? Are there more? How big a problem is this? Is anybody doing anything to stop it or even to analyze it? The CDC is hoplessly underfunded, can they keep up with this? Why has it taken so long to get to the cause? Is this definitive?They don't know whose onions, though the speculation is that they are Mexican. Until they know whose they are, they won't know if there are more. It's a big problem right now, largest restaurant hepatitis-a outbreak I think someone said, but it seems to be over. PA Dept of Health is on top of it. It's not definitive yet, and it's difficult to trace because there doesn't seem to be tight inventory tracking in the produce business.
Whew, let me catch my breath. ;O)
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11/21/2003 8:19:22 AM PST
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Petronski
(I'm *NOT* always *CRANKY.*)
To: Dane
Surely Chi-Chi has to know where they get their onions.
Even if they mix up suppliers, DNA or other tests should be able to determine where these came from.
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11/21/2003 8:19:35 AM PST
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mrsmith
To: Petronski
LOL
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posted on
11/21/2003 8:20:03 AM PST
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flamefront
(To the victor go the oils. No oil or oil-money for islamofascist weapons of mass annihilation.)
To: Dane
What a ludicrous statement. Green onions by themselves are not a health hazzard. I'll bet my whole stack of match sticks that the green onions were fertilized with human waste, probably in Mexico, and then not cleaned appropriately at Chi-Chi's.
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11/21/2003 8:20:20 AM PST
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Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
To: Dane
Montezeuma's latest revenge...
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11/21/2003 8:20:24 AM PST
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Paradox
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To: Sabertooth
I just made some homemade Chicken Enchiladas last weekend- complete with a bunch of green onions.
I am not pleased.
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