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===Hepatitis A contamination===
In September 1999, at least 32 customers in [[Seattle]] contracted [[hepatitis A]] after eating food contaminated with the virus at two Subway outlets.<ref name=Columbian>{{cite news |title=Hepatitis Outbreak Triggers Lawsuit |work=[[The Columbian]] |location=Vancouver |date=November 14, 1999 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23436106.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191049/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23436106.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=June 5, 2015}}</ref> The virus, which is spread by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with infected feces, infects the liver causing nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, and fever.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Matheny |first1=SC |last2=Kingery |first2=JE |title=Hepatitis A. |journal=Am Fam Physician |date=December 1, 2012 |volume=86 |issue=11 |pages=1027–34; quiz 1010–2 |pmid=23198670 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1201/p1027.html |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309112808/http://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1201/p1027.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent investigations found that staff failed to adhere to thorough hand washing and the use of plastic gloves during food preparation.<ref name="seattletimes">{{cite news |title=Seattle Subway Franchise Will Pay $10 Million to Settle Boy's Hepatitis Suit |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |location=Seattle |date=July 3, 2001 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76161220.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163407/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76161220.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=June 5, 2015}}</ref> A class-action lawsuit on behalf of 31 victims was resolved for $1.6 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Subway Franchise Faces Claims from Over Thirty-One Hepatitis A Victims |date=November 10, 1999 |work=[[Marler Clark]] |url=https://marlerclark.com/news_events/subway-franchise-faces-claims-from-over-thirty-one-hepatitis-a-victims |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=October 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004040143/http://marlerclark.com/news_events/subway-franchise-faces-claims-from-over-thirty-one-hepatitis-a-victims |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Subway Hepatitis A Outbreak |work=About Hepatitis |date=2015 |url=http://www.about-hepatitis.com/hepatitis_outbreaks/view/subway-hepatitis-a-outbreak/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305145134/http://www.about-hepatitis.com/hepatitis_outbreaks/view/subway-hepatitis-a-outbreak/#.WxxVwDNKjOQ |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=June 5, 2015}}</ref> The most seriously affected victim—a 6-year-old boy—suffered acute liver failure and required a [[Liver transplantation|liver transplant]]. He was awarded $10 million in an out-of-court settlement in 2001.<ref name=seattletimes/> A previous outbreak of hepatitis A in 1996 had also involved a Subway outlet in Seattle, although no legal action had resulted.<ref name=Columbian/>

In April 2015, the [[State health agency|Arkansas Department of Health]] issued a warning to the public that customers who had eaten at the Subway outlet in [[Morrilton, Arkansas]], may have been exposed to infection after an employee tested positive for the virus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Health Department: Hepatitis A exposure possible at Subway in Morrilton |first=Danielle |last=Kloap |date=April 14, 2015 |work=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |location=Little Rock |url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/apr/14/health-officials-hepatitis-exposure-possible-morri/ |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=May 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522160749/http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/apr/14/health-officials-hepatitis-exposure-possible-morri/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arkansas Officials Warn About Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Subway |date=April 14, 2015 |work=[[Food Safety News]] |location=Seattle |url=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/04/arkansas-health-officials-warn-public-about-possible-exposure-to-hepatitis-a-at-subway-restaurant/ |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710073936/http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/04/arkansas-health-officials-warn-public-about-possible-exposure-to-hepatitis-a-at-subway-restaurant/ |url-status=live }}</ref>