美國食品傳出Ａ型肝炎病毒污染事件，包括科羅拉多、墨西哥、內華達、亞利桑那及加州在內，傳出有消費者因為食用美國好市多等量販店販售的冷凍混合莓果引發Ａ型肝炎。
衛生署食品藥物管理局清查後表示，相關產品未有輸台紀錄，將持續關注發展，必要時會採邊境輸入管制措施。台灣好市多（Costco）也表示，台灣沒有進口這款出問題產品。
疑似遭Ａ型肝炎病毒污染的冷凍混合莓果為Townsend Farms生產的 Organic Antioxidant Blend冷凍莓果與石榴籽混合產品，內容物包括櫻桃、藍莓、石榴籽、覆盆子及草莓。
連結：FDA Investigates Multistate Outbreak of Hepatitis A Illnesses Associated with Pomegranate seeds from Turkish Importer（美國FDA公告）
The FDA, the CDC, and state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses potentially associated with Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend, a frozen blend containing pomegranate seed mix.
The CDC reports that as of September 20, 2013, 162 people have been confirmed to have become ill with Hepatitis A after eating Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend. The illnesses have been reported from 10 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah, and Wisconsin. The cases reported from Wisconsin resulted from exposure to the product in California, the cases reported from New Hampshire reported fruit exposure during travel to Nevada, and the case reported in New Jersey was a household contact of a confirmed case from Colorado.
The CDC reports that the outbreak strain of hepatitis A virus, belonging to genotype 1B, was found in clinical specimens of 117 people in nine states: AZ, CA, CO, HI, NH, NJ, NM, NV and WI. This subtype is rarely seen in the Americas but circulates in North Africa and the Middle East.
小編評：美國已經多達162人感染A型肝炎囉！好險台灣沒有進口～