Fortunately, sale of the affected tuna is so far limited to just a few states. Anyone who may be at risk and hasn't been vaccinated for Hepatitis A if they're between the ages of 1 to 40, or if they have the hepatitis A virus-specific immunoglobulin.
Restaurants in Texas, Oklahoma and California received shipments of potentially contaminated tuna, and have been notified, according to the FDA. Shipments were sent to distributors in New York as well, but the New York State Health Department verified it hadn't been sold to the public there yet, the announcement said.
The recalled products are 8-ounce tuna steaks with an expiration date of October 1, 2018, and individual vacuum packed 15-pound frozen tuna cubes dated April 1, 2019. Case codes are available on FDA website.
The FDA is working with other health agencies to continue investigating the hepatitis A-infected frozen tuna from Hilo Fish Company, a Hawaii-based importer. The contaminated fish were sourced from Sustainable Seafood Company in Vietnam and Santa Cruz Seafood Inc. in the Philippines. CNN reached out to Hilo Fish Company for comment and has not heard back.
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