In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the unusual step of issuing an “import alert,” warning that scallops harvested by a seafood company in central Philippines had tested positive for hepatitis A.
The “red list” alert effectively banned De Oro Resources from exporting its scallops to the United States indefinitely — until the company could prove them safe.
But by the time the alert was issued — three months after a cluster of hepatitis A cases was first reported — the tainted scallops had been widely consumed at Genki Sushi locations on Oahu and Kauai, eventually sickening 292 people.
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