Spain: They detect the presence of Hepatitis A in strawberries from Morocco

The European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed rates the risk as "serious" The European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has issued an alert for the presence of hepatitis A in strawberries from Morocco detected at an entry point in Spain. According to this notification, the risk decision is "serious" because it exceeds the "maximum level allowed absence/25g" of this substance which, as the agricultural associations have denounced in a statement, "poses a danger to public health and which may have "appeared in the food from irrigating farms with fecal water." The alarm and the risk of this Moroccan product, according to the European Union agency, is "serious" for health because it contains pathogenic microorganisms, in fact the original sample is dated February 19. The risk is serious and farmers' associations such as the Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) have demanded "urgent measures" from the Government and the European Union, after the ...