Hepatitis A scare at New York Wegmans store - (Newsday.com/ Wkbw.com)
February 9, 2008 – 7:02 pmAMHERST, N.Y. — Erie County health officials were cited as saying a produce handler at a Williamsville grocery store has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A and they’re advising people who might have been exposed to get treatment.
They are asking anyone who handled or ate raw produce purchased from the Wegmans on Sheridan Drive since January 7th to contact their doctor or get treated at free clinics this weekend.
Produce shelves at the Wegmans store on Sheridan Drive are empty tonight after the store pulled all potentially contaminated products.
The Erie County Health Department is hosting clinics at the Erie Community College north campus from 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday, and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. For more information call 1-800-808-1987.
Wegmans spokesperson Ann McCarthy was quoted as saying, “We will be doing, as we’ve done in the past, making automated phone calls to customers who would have purchased potentially affected products from our […]
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