Egyptian strawberries infect over 70 with hepatitis at this Virginia smoothie Café

While looking for a healthy way to quench their thirst this week, Virginians filed into the popular Tropical Smoothie Cafe chain for a fruity beverage. What they didn’t realize, until after swallowing their last sip, was the nasty “extra” that Muslims added to it that has landed 70 people violently ill and in the hospital. Now, a new rule has been put into place, effective immediately.

Despite the fact that the smoothie chain’s slogan is “Eat better, feel better,” that’s not at all what these customers felt as they checked themselves into the hospital shortly after eating there. After the first 55 people in Virginia started experiencing severe symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and discolored stool, officials were alarmed and soon became seriously concerned when more people in other states started reporting the problems in droves.

As of Friday morning, a total of 70 cases have been reported, 32 of those victims hospitalized with liver infections, and they all have one thing in common. Each person has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, and until now, the Center for Disease Control officials didn’t know how it got into the tainted smoothies.