FDA knew about cause hepatitis outbreak

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Well I have been posting a lot of links here about that big hepatitis outbreak. It is starting to look like this is the third or fourth outbreak caused by the same produce, namely imported scallions from south of the border or southern Calif. It is also looking like the FDA has known for sometime of that connection between the imported scallions and hepatitis but never did anything about it. We here in Western Pa are willing to wait a little longer before we pass judgement but there are rumblings of a big investigation. If it is true people are going to be furious.

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Originally posted by oramar

... It is also looking like the FDA has known for sometime of that connection between the imported scallions and hepatitis but never did anything about it. We here in Western Pa are willing to wait a little longer before we pass judgement but there are rumblings of a big investigation. If it is true people are going to be furious.

PA folks will be furious ESPECIALLY since three persons died.

Thanks for keeping us up to date. Scallions off my foodlist for now.

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Wouldn't the FDA be, at least, partially liable for the damages incurred? Can't see them being protected by sovereign immunity principles if they had an obligation to monitor, did so, discovered a problem, and then did nothing about it.

Let's see how this goes.

Another conundrum: imported scallions? Thought we had many sources of these in this Commonwealth... many local farms here in the Berks / Lancaster areas.

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Im not sure if we have a chichi's down here. But they're filing for bankruptcy (they say it was before the incidents). I wonder why they can't find out where the green onions came from? When I worked at headstart our vendors always gave us the source of any fresh produce. Or I wonder if these were "under the table transactions?"

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As usual it will come out that this goverment agency is more a servant to the foxes that raid the hen house than the chickens that live there. How do I know? Ain't it always that way?

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Thanks for the wire update, Oramar.

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