Hepatitis A scare at Westside Market

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A food handler at Westside Market reported a case of Hepatitis A, and now customers of the market are urged to get a vaccination as a precaution.

The market is located at 2589 Broadway between 97thand 98th streets, on the Upper West Side.

Patrons who ate chopped, ready-to-eat fruit either in-store, through catering, or delivery between August 9th and August 22nd should get a hepatitis A vaccination.

Fruits involved include those packaged in plastic containers and sold in the refrigerated case immediately to the left as you enter the store and includes watermelon cut into halves and quarters; peeled whole pineapples; and shelled and cut coconut.

Read more at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=9215896

[DesertFlower]

1. frightening.

[hrmjustin]

2. Thats a scare I would not want.