Frozen pomegranate leads to woman's death from Hepatitis A

A 64-year-old South Australian woman has died from Hepatitis A after eating Creative Gourmet’s Frozen Pomegranates.

Since April, there has been a national recall on the frozen fruit product being sold at Coles supermarkets and Health Authorities are urging the public to dispose of the product.

There have been 24 cases of Hepatitis A linked to the pomegranate recall, however this has been the only death.

South Australia’s chief medical officer, Professor Paddy Phillips says “the incubation period for hepatitis A is generally 15-50 days, so we don't anticipate further cases because the product was recalled two months ago”.