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Many supermarkets already offer strawberries, but the imported strawberries not only have long delivery routes - dangerous viruses have also recently been found.
Kassel – Many customers are happy about strawberries on the first sunny days.
But you shouldn't eat the early strawberries yet, because they are imported from abroad and therefore have long delivery routes.
There was already a shitstorm for Edeka last year.
However, imported strawberries are currently attracting attention for another reason.
A pathogen that poses a “serious risk” was found on strawberries on their way to European sales.
Pathogens on strawberries: “Danger to public health”
The affected strawberries are fruits from Morocco.
A message from the EU portal RASFF (Rapit Alert System Feed and Food) warns about the “presence of hepatitis A in strawberries from Morocco”.
The pathogens were found in fruits that were delivered to Spain.
The maximum permissible value has been significantly exceeded, so that they pose a “danger to public health”.
As the portal mallorca-services.es
writes, among others
, the pathogens could have gotten onto the strawberries through irrigation with fecal water.
Last year, strawberries were suspected of being the cause of a hepatitis outbreak.
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver caused by viruses.
While it is usually mild in children, adults are often more seriously ill.
Symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and occasionally an elevated temperature.
Infection can also cause jaundice, discolored stools, and itching.
The symptoms last from several days to a few weeks.
People with previous illnesses, especially of the liver, are particularly at risk.
For these, STIKO recommends vaccination.
Source:
infection protection.de
Imported strawberries should be more strictly controlled “as the health of consumers is at stake”
In the case of the contaminated strawberries from Morocco, the organization asked the Moroccan government for an urgent explanation.
It should also be communicated “what measures it intends to take to prevent such situations from happening again.”
According to the report, third-party controls may need to be expanded “as consumer health is at stake.”
Discounters in this country have already been criticized for importing strawberries.
Hepatitis pathogens were found on imported strawberries from Morocco.
(Symbolic image) © Sebastian Kahnert/dpa
In Germany, however, consumers do not have to worry at the moment.
“According to the Spanish authorities, the Moroccan strawberries in question that were contaminated with the hepatitis A virus did not reach the European market,” explains a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia when asked by the Der Westen
portal
.
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Strawberries in Germany: The fruits always cause criticism
Even if the strawberries contaminated with hepatitis are not on sale in Germany, consumers should still be careful.
Strawberries from Germany are often full of pesticides, which can also be harmful to health.
But many customers are also dissatisfied with German fruits, especially because of the high strawberry prices.
For some people, the best solution is probably to plant strawberries themselves.