Berry contamination risk at SA schools

Children at up to 20 South Australian schools and childcare centres may have been served frozen berries from batches at the centre of the Hepatitis A scare.

The Department for Education and Child Development says it has identified 22 sites where the berries may have been served, although several instances did not involve children.

Principals and directors at the sites are contacting parents to notify them of the possible risk and provide them with health advice.

While advice suggests the infection risk is low, the department says it is taking precautions.

A list of the potentially affected DECD sites has been published at www.decd.sa.gov.au.

About half have not been named with parents of affected children yet to be notified.