Genki Sushi Chain's Filipino Bay Scallops Suspected as Source of Big Hepatitis A Outbreak in Hawaii
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Hawaii News Now] August 17, 2016
A growing Hepatitis A outbreak that's sickened nearly 170 people in the islands has been linked to frozen, "wild harvest" scallops from the Philippines served raw at Genki Sushi eateries on Oahu and Kauai.
Eleven of the popular chain's eateries have been shut down, ordered to throw away all of their food and disinfect from floor-to-ceiling.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Health Department identified the product of concern as Sea Port Bay Scallops, distributed by Koha Oriental Foods to Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai...
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