Guidance for thermal inactivation of Hepatitis A virus in berries.
In addition, MPI have also published Information for processors using imported frozen berries which reminds processors and manufacturers who use imported frozen berries as an ingredient, to consider Hepatitis A as a hazard that is reasonably likely to occur and appropriate controls should be implemented in their process to address this hazard. Guidance for thermal inactivation of Hepatitis A in berries can be accessed on FSANZ’s website at www.foodstandards.gov.au/publications/Pages/Guidance-for-Thermal-Inactivation-of-Hepatitis-Avirus-in-Berries-.aspx
Information for processors using imported frozen berries is available on the Ministry for Primary Industries website at http://www.mpi.govt.nz
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