Here is what you need to know about the cruise line outbreak.
6. October 7, 2019: Two more outbreaks on cruise ship B of Cruise Line X.
First outbreak: cruise ship B, 85 passengers, 10 crew members infected
Second outbreak: cruise ship A, 83 passengers, 10 crew members infected
7. Cruise line reported food questionnaires completed by ill passsengers implicated a smoothie made from frozen fruits and berries.
8. FDA found that food item lot numbers matched same frozen fruit and berry items from cruise ship A & B. FDA tested 16 frozen fruit and berry items, and three items tested positive for norovirus: raspberries (norovirus genogroup II), tropical fruit cocktail (norovirus genogroup I), and berry mix (norovirus genogroup I).
9. After removal of the fruit items, no further outbreaks were reported on cruise line X.
10. Upon further review of food provisioning, Cruise Line X determined that its food vendor had purchased several containers (nearly 22,000 pounds) of frozen raspberries of the same lot from a supplier in China beginning the end of June 2019.
11. November 11, the World Health Organization issued a recall notice* for frozen raspberries traced back to China.
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Muhammad Yousuf
April 24, 2020
Very informative