HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK IN THE METRO ISN’T OVER YET DOUGLAS COUNTY SAYS THE BLACKBERRIES WERE ON SHELVES AT FRESH THYME. BUT THE SOURCE OF THE INFECTION ITSELF. LET’S STILL A MYSTERY KETV NEWSWATCH 7. SHAWN EVERSON HAS A SIR, LOOK AT THE INVESTIGATION DISEASE DETECTIVES. THAT’S HOW JUSTIN FREDERICK DESCRIBES HIS TEAM AT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IS THE CAUSE OF ILLNESS. WE’RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL MEASURES WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT FURTHER ILLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY’VE SPENT THE PAST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS INVESTIGATING THE FRESH NON ORGANIC BLACKBERRIES FROM FRESH THYME CONTAMINATED WITH HEPATITIS A THE FIRST CASE OF HEPATITIS A IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WAS REPORTED ON OCTOBER 28, RACHEL HINES INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE INFECTED AND SPENT HOURSPGOI VERIFYING WITH RECEIPTS. OKAY. THIS PERSON WENT TO THIS GROCERY STORE. THIS IS WHAT THEY BOUGHT IT GIVES US A LOT OF EVIDENCE TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND SHE HELPED DISCOVER A LINK WE DID NOTICE IS THAT THEY HAD THIS PARTICULAR GROCERY STORE IN COMMON AND THESE BLACKBERRIES THAT WERE ON SALE FROM THERE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S RETAIL FOOD PROGRAM SENT INVESTIGATORS TO THE STORES. WE REQUESTED SHIPPING RECORDS FOR HE’S FROM AUGUST 1ST TO AUGUST 31ST TO WHERE WE CAN THEN START TO LOOK AND FOCUS ON YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF GROWERS THEY HAD. LOOK AT POINT SOURCE. LOOK AT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO TRY TO NARROW DOWN SINCE THERE ARE CASES IN OTHER STATES THE FDA AND CDC ARE HELPING TO FIND AN ANSWER IN A STATEMENT SENT TO KETV FRESH THYME SAYS THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THESE AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE. SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION SEAN EVERSON REPORTING THEIR A REMINDER IF YOU BOUGHT ANY OF THOSE BLACKBERRIES FROM FRESH. THYME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 9TH AND SEPTEMBER 30TH