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Fifteen illnesses were reported in California, and one each in
Minnesota and North Dakota, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration said. Twelve of the sick people were
hospitalized, the FDA said without elaborating.
The produce, which was distributed nationwide, was sold under
the brand name FreshKampo or HEB between March 5 and April 25,
the FDA said in a statement late Saturday.
"People who purchased the fresh strawberries and then froze
those strawberries for later consumption should not eat them.
They should be thrown away," it said.
The Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency said they were investigating cases in the
Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The imported organic strawberries were bought between March 5
and 9 and are no longer available for purchase in Canada, they
said.
"Based on investigation findings to date, consumption of
imported fresh organic strawberries is the likely source of the
outbreak," the agencies said in a statement.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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