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Information from the BCCDC
Updated Sept. 5, 2017
The ongoing investigation into hepatitis A virus in pineapple chunks has identified additional products that may be affected.
The products implicated in connection with the investigation were sold at Overwaitea, Save-on-Foods and PriceSmart stores throughout BC, as well as Ferraro Foods in Trail, BC.
Additional products:
⦁ Fresh pineapple chunks 227g and 425g
⦁ Fresh peeled & cored pineapple 16oz
⦁ Fresh fruit salad 198g, 227g and 425g
⦁ Fresh citrus salad 226g
The products were Western Family brand, or unbranded, and all had a best before date of August 19, 2017.
For ongoing updates on the impact of this matter in Alberta, please see
www.ahs.ca
Vaccine is effective in preventing hepatitis A infection if the product was eaten within the last 14 days. For more about the signs and symptoms of hepatitis A, as well as how to receive free hepatitis A vaccine in your health authority, see the original news release below.
Vaccine is effective in preventing hepatitis A infection if the product was eaten within the last 14 days. For more about the signs and symptoms of hepatitis A, as well as how to receive free hepatitis A vaccine in your health authority, see the original news release below.
Vancouver – The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is warning consumers that Hepatitis A virus has been detected in a sample of Western Family brand fresh pineapple chunks sold in ready‐to‐go cups.
Current information indicates the cups were produced on August 11th and distributed to 38 Save‐On‐Foods, Overwaitea Foods and PriceSmart Foods stores in BC. (A list is at the bottom of this release.)
The fruit cups may have been on sale from August 11th and had a best before date of August 19th.
The investigation is ongoing. Other products are believed to be affected and more information will be provided as it becomes available.
What you can do
Hepatitis A vaccine can prevent hepatitis A infection if given within 14 days after exposure.
• If you consumed this product on August 18th or later, you should receive a dose of hepatitis A vaccine.
• If you develop symptoms of hepatitis A, contact your family doctor and local health unit office immediately.
• Consumers who have frozen the product should discard it.
No illness has been reported to date.
Hepatitis A is an infection caused by a virus that affects the liver. The virus is found in the stool of an infected person. It is spread when a person eats food or drinks water that has come in contact with infected stool. Infected food handlers can pass the virus on to other people if they do not wash their hands with soap and water after using the bathroom.
Hepatitis A symptoms include yellow skin or eyes, loss of appetite, fever, tiredness, stomach ache, nausea, dark coloured urine, and light or whitish coloured bowel movements. Symptoms can also be so mild that a person may not be aware that they have the disease. Illness can last for several weeks but people generally recover completely. Illness may be life threatening in the elderly or those with other chronic liver disease. Symptoms may develop 15‐50 days after exposure.
For information about free hepatitis A vaccine in your health authority if you consumed the product within the last 14 days
Northern Health:
A free hepatitis A vaccine can also be offered at any Overwaitea banner stores including Save‐ On‐Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Overwaitea Foods and Urban Fare. Please contact the pharmacist at any of these stores for more information.
Stores where the product was sold:
Save‐on‐Foods | 300 ‐ 32700 S. Fraser Way (West Oaks Mall) | BC | Abbotsford | V2T‐4M5 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 2388 Whatcom Road | BC | Abbotsford | V3G 0C1 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 3433 North Road | BC | Burnaby | V3J‐0A9 |
Save‐on‐Foods | 4469 Kingsway (Old Orchard Shopping Mall) | BC | Burnaby | V5H 1Z9 |
| PriceSmart Foods | 4650 Kingsway | BC | Burnaby | V5H 4L9 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 200 ‐ 7155 Kingsway | BC | Burnaby | V5E‐2V1 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 4399 Lougheed Hwy | BC | Burnaby | V5C‐3Y7 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 46020 Yale Road (Salish Plaza) | BC | Chilliwack | V2P‐7V2 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 45635 Tamihi Way | BC | Chilliwack | V2R‐0M4 |
Save‐on‐Foods | 2991 Lougheed Highway (Pinetree Village) | BC | Coquitlam | V3B‐6J6 |
Save‐on‐Foods | 7015 ‐ 120th Street (Scottsdale Centre) | BC | Delta | V4E‐2A9 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 181 Trans‐Canada Highway | BC | Duncan | V9L 3P8 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 10345 100th Street | BC | Fort St. John | V1J‐3Z2 |
Overwaitea | 1020 10th Avenue South PO Box 409 | BC | Golden | V0A‐1H0 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | #9 ‐ 2101 E. Trans Canada Hwy | BC | Kamloops | V2C‐4A6 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 200‐450 Lansdowne Street | BC | Kamloops | V2C‐1Y3 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | #10 ‐ 301 Highway 33 W. | BC | Kelowna | V1X‐1X8 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 20151 Fraser Highway | BC | Langley | V3A‐4E4 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 8840 ‐ 210 Street | BC | Langley | V1M‐2Y2 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | #1 ‐ 20255 ‐ 64th Avenue | BC | Langley | V2Y‐1M9 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 23981 Dewdney Trunk Road | BC | Maple Ridge | V4R‐1W1 |
Save‐on‐Foods | #116 ‐ 1700 Garcia Street PO Box 144 | BC | Merritt | V1K‐1B8 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 400 ‐ 32555 London Avenue | BC | Mission | V2V‐6M7 |
Save‐on‐Foods | #600 ‐ 333 Brooksbank Avenue (Park & Tilford Gardens) | BC | North Vancouver | V7J‐3S8 |
Save‐on‐Foods | #161 ‐ 2111 Main Street (Cherry Lane Shopping Centre) | BC | Penticton | V2A‐6W6 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 5232 Domano Blvd | BC | Prince George | V2N‐4A1 |
Save‐on‐Foods | 100, 1600 ‐ 15th Avenue (Parkwood Plaza) | BC | Prince George | V2L‐3X3 |
Save‐on‐Foods | 555 Central Street (Spruceland Mall) | BC | Prince George | V2M‐3C6 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 3885 W. Austin Road | BC | Prince George | V2K‐2H7 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 555 Victoria Road PO Box 512 | BC | Revelstoke | V0E‐2S0 |
PriceSmart Foods | 8200 Ackroyd Road | BC | Richmond | V6X‐1B5 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 3000 ‐ 11666 Steveston Hwy | BC | Richmond | V7A‐5J3 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 2345 Beacon Avenue | BC | Sidney | V8L 1W9 |
| Overwaitea | 113 Red Cedar Drive PO Box 790 | BC | Sparwood | V0B‐2G0 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 1301 Pemberton (Chieftain Mall) | BC | Squamish | V8B‐0A1 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 10312 King George Boulevard | BC | Surrey | V3T‐2W5 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | 4731 Lakelse Avenue (Skeena Mall) | BC | Terrace | V8G‐1R5 |
| Save‐on‐Foods | #255 ‐ 2306 Highway 6 | BC | Vernon | V1T‐7E3 |
Information about hepatitis A and vaccine:
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc‐files/hepatitis‐vaccine
http://www.bccdc.ca/health‐info/diseases‐conditions/hepatitis‐a
http://www.immunizebc.ca/diseases‐vaccinations/hepatitis‐a
Do you have Questions? Talk to the community health nurse at your health centre or nursing station. You can also talk to your primary healthcare provider or go to your closest public health unit: http://www.immunizebc.ca/finder
