--- title: Utah 7-Eleven Customers May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis A description: Up to 2,000 people may have been exposed to Hepatitis A after eating some food items or using the restroom at a 7-Eleven store in Utah. canonical: https://time.com/5094888/7-eleven-utah-hepatitis-a/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-09T15:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:27:17.385Z article:section: Health og:title: 2,000 7-Eleven Customers May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis A og:description: The possible exposure occurred at a store in a Salt Lake City suburb og:url: https://time.com/5094888/7-eleven-utah-hepatitis-a/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt973a36a59a892961/6988a2d3cd1bba294f702043/gettyimages-519288592.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: 7-Eleven Convenience Stores Ahead Of Seven & I Holdings Co. 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Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images The 7-Eleven logo is displayed inside a convenience store, operated by Seven & i Holdings Co., in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, April 5, 2016\. Seven & i is scheduled to report earnings on April 7\. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 9, 2018 3:55 PM UTC Up to 2,000 people may have been exposed to Hepatitis A after eating non-packaged food items or using the restroom at a 7-Eleven store in Utah, health officials said. The possible exposure affects customers who have consumed fresh fruit, self-serve drinks, any items from the hot foot case or used any restroom at the 7-Eleven at 2666 West 7800 South in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, Utah, between Dec. 26, 2017 and Jan. 3, according to the [Salt Lake County Health Department](https://slco.org/templates/slco/umbrella/news-blog/healthNews.aspx?id=2147571704). Health officials said those customers should contact the department and consider getting an injection to prevent Hepatitis A, a disease of the liver that is usually spread by direct contact or consumption of contaminated food or water. There are three other locations in West Jordan, according to 7-Eleven’s [website](https://www.7-eleven.com/locator). The health warning only extends to one store, where an infected employee worked while ill, the Salt Lake County Health Department said. Hepatitis A does not cause chronic infection, according to the [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/index.htm). 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