Protecting families from contaminated food and water
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Protecting families from contaminated food and water
Posted in Hep A,Hepatitis A,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls on November 14, 2025
If you have eaten at Tam O’Shanter recently, you may have been exposed to a serious viral infection.
Hepatitis A!
This virus impacts the liver and can cause serious illness. Fortunately, it is preventable by vaccination and hygiene practices.
Here’s what we know so far about the possible Hepatitis A exposure at Tam O’Shanter in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a report of hepatitis A infection at a local Scottish steak house. An employee of Tam O’Shanter Restaurant has been diagnosed with the viral infection and may have been contagious while working at the establishment.
Hepatitis A Exposure
Tam O’Shanter Restaurant
2980 Los Feliz Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90039
October 24, 2025 through November 1, 2025
According to Los Angeles County Health Department, the sick employee may have been contagious while working at the restaurant between October 24, 2025 and November 1, 2025. People who ate food or drank at this restaurant during that period could have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
Los Angels County Public Health is working with the restaurant and their employees to ensure that all who are not immune get vaccinated and will continue to monitor those known to have been exposed.
As of right now, no additional cases have been identified. However, the investigation is ongoing.
Tam O’Shanter isn’t the only potential source of hepatitis A in Los Angeles County. According to the Public Health Department’s webpage, the county is experiencing an “ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A.”
This type of communitywide outbreak has historically been spread through unhoused individuals. These people often have higher risk for hepatitis A due to limited access to handwashing and toileting facilities.
This has changed in 2025. Most of the reported hepatitis A infections in the County this year have been among those “without risk factors such as travel or being unhoused.”
It is more important now than ever to stay vigilant in Los Angeles County to protect yourself from hepatitis A.
But how do you protect yourself?
Hepatitis A is spread through what is called the “fecal-oral route.” The virus is shed in the stool of those who are infected and passed on to others through close person-to-person contact and eating contaminated food or drink.
There are a few things you can do to protect yourself from hepatitis A.
The golden rule of preventing foodborne illness, and most other infections rings true here.
Wash. Your. Hands.
If you are a regular reader of our humble Make Food Safe Blog, I know you have heard this at least a hundred times.
Wash your hands before eating. Wash your hands before preparing or serving food. Of course, wash your hands after using the bathroom. But don’t forget to wash your hands after helping someone else in the bathroom or changing a diaper.
For the love of everything good in this world. Please wash your hands!
Hepatitis A is one of the few foodborne illnesses with a vaccine. Even more impressive, is the prophylactic effects of a hepatitis A vaccine. Even after exposure. Within a specific time frame that is.
If you have dined at Tam O’Shanter Restaurant during the potential hepatitis A exposure period, check your vaccination records to see if you have already been vaccinated.
If you haven’t been vaccinated, try to get that way as soon as possible.
Studies have shown sufficient protection against hepatitis A exposure if the first vaccination in the hepatitis two vaccine series is administered within 14 days of exposure.
For those in the Los Angeles County area and are uninsured, underinsured, or unable to get the vaccine in a timely matter, Los Angeles County Public Health has provided an InfoLine for assistance.
Call 1-833-540-0473 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week.
Hepatitis A is a type of contagious liver infection spread by the hepatitis A virus. Some people with hepatitis A infections only experience mild infections that can last anywhere from a month or two. Others may experience more severe illnesses lasting for months. Sometimes six months to a year!
While rare, hepatitis A can be fatal.
Common symptoms of hepatitis A infection may include:
One of the most common signs of hepatitis A infection is known as jaundice. This is the tell-tale yellowing of the skin and/or eyes and is a sign of liver issues.
Sometime people can be infected and even infectious without any signs or symptoms. This happens in children more often than it does in adults. You can even spread hepatitis A to others, with or without symptoms.
There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A. There is no specific antiviral treatment for this virus.
Immediate prophylactic vaccination is your more successful option. However, the first vaccine must be administered within two weeks of exposure.
If you have been impacted by this hepatitis A exposure at Tam O’Shanter Restaurant in Los Angeles, you may be wondering what you should do.
If you have been exposed to hepatitis A at Tam O’Shanter Restaurant in Los Angeles and are outside of the prophylactic vaccination period and unprotected, you should monitor yourself for symptoms.
For those who become symptomatic, hepatitis A symptoms can appear anytime between two and seven weeks after exposure.
If you have been exposed and become sick with a hepatitis A infection after eating at Tam O’Shanter Restaurant, it is a good idea to get advice from an experienced hepatitis A lawyer. Reach out right away for advice on steps and actions you can take to ensure you are protected.
A hepatitis A lawyer can answer questions you may have about your rights and your personal situation. They can help you gather important information, like receipts and medical records. They understand what you are going through and can help you with every step of the process.
If you have been exposed to hepatitis A from Tam O’Shanter Restaurant in Los Angeles and wish to make a legal claim, The Lange Law Firm, PLLC has a hepatitis A lawyer that can help!
Call (833) 330-3663 or fill out the online submission form for a free, no obligation consultation.
Don’t wait! Call today!
By: Heather Van Tassell (contributing writer, non-lawyer)