“ Death by pomegranate tree ” may go like an Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes novel , and like those famous floor , this one is strange , but unlike them , it ’s also true .
A cleaning lady in Australia has died after shorten Hepatitis A from wipe out contaminated fixed pomegranate seeds . The 64 - class - quondam woman ’s death was a “ rarefied and tragic grammatical case ” , harmonize to health authorities . So , what really happened ?
The pomegranate arils , the delicious fleshy seeds , from Creative Gourmet owned by Entyce Food Ingredients , were actually first recalled back in April after24 cases of Hepatitis Ain New South Wales were linked to the frozen produce .
Around 2,000 bundle of the yield , which is originate in Egypt , were thought to have been sell , but as the brooding full point for Hepatitis A is between 15 and 50 solar day , and the recall was issued two months ago , officials say they do n’t call any further related eccentric .
" The bulk of hoi polloi infect with hepatitis A recover fully and the woman ’s death is the only destruction yoke to this recalled production nationally to date , ” South Australia ( SA ) Health chief medical military officer Professor Paddy Phillips said in astatement , reports ABC News .
Hepatitis Ais a computer virus that attack the liver . symptom can include sickness , vomiting , looseness , acrimony , feverishness , and abdominal pain and can last up to eight calendar week . Death is very rare though , and officials have not said whether the woman had any other medical consideration , just that she had been in hospital for “ some time ” and died last Wednesday .
Hepatitis A is propagate by eating intellectual nourishment or drinking weewee that has been contaminated with dejection . Entyce Food has not commented on how the product may have become contaminated , but read they were deep saddened by word of the death and that they are work closely with wellness authorities and the SA Coroner to help determine the accurate grounds of the woman ’s death and whether there was " any verbatim link with the consumption of frozen pomegranate aril and hepatitis A. "
However , this is not the first sentence its green goods has been link to a Hepatitis A eruption . Its frozen berries intermixture had to berecalled in 2015 and last yeardue to similar circumstance .
This taradiddle acts as a well-defined reminder for you to always wash your yield before eating it , because let ’s face it , you have no idea where it has been before it ’s been in your rima oris .
