"Wake up Australia. How many more people have to get sick?" One women's desperate plea.

A Victorian woman will find out this morning whether she is the 10th person in Australia to have contracted hepatitis A from eating frozen berries.

49-year old Trudie Sims has been eating frozen berries for the past month so when she started getting sick she became concerned.

“I got sick over the last two weeks and I’ve got more tired and have been vomiting over the last few days, and probably last Wednesday I just couldn’t talk because my throat was so swollen,” she told the ABC.

Trudie Sims from Ballarat had been using the berries to make smoothies.

After being rushed to hospital she has been told she is potentially the 10th case of hepatitis A in Australia.

So far nine cases of hepatitis A have been confirmed throughout the country, four in Queensland, three in Victoria, and two in New South Wales.

Trudie will learn this morning if she is the 10th.

“I’m really scared and I’m really angry,” she said.

“I’m massively jaundice and my liver’s pretty crappy and these are the first signs of hep A from the berries.”

The warning not to eat the berries came on the weekend with one-kilogram bags of Nanna’s frozen mixed berries initially pulled off supermarket shelves across Australia on Saturday – followed by Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries on Sunday.

Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake, an infectious diseases expert from the Australian National University told the ABC that hepatitis A is transmitted by the “faecal-oral” route.

“This means that people who have contaminated hands can transmit the virus,” he said.

The infection could have been spread by someone working at the plant who was infected with hepatitis A and did not wash their hands properly before handling the berries.

“Or alternatively, because it’s excreted in the stool, whether there’s been a water supply that’s been contaminated with sewage, which contains hepatitis A virus, and that water has been involved in the processing. That’s another possible scenario,”

Trudie Sims said she was convinced she had the flu.

“He (the doctor) said, ‘I don’t want to upset you but I’m pretty much saying this is what you’ve got’,” she said.

Trudie told The Daily Mail that she couldn’t really swallow anymore and she was suffering from chronic tonsillitis and a chest infection.

She has a stark message for food companies posting on her Facebook page.

“How about you use Australian Fruit? .

You made me so sick

Wake up Australia.

How many more people have to get sick?

News Limited reports that many other imported foods have the potential to carry risk.

“The majority of imported fruit and vegetables are only tested at a rate of 5 per cent,” AUSVEG deputy CEO Andrew White told News Limited. “It is of great concern because our growers are being disadvantaged by cheap imports … potentially putting consumers at risk.”

Professor Peter Collignon, infectious diseases expert from the Australian National University said, “A lot of the countries where we are importing food have waterways that are contaminated with sewage.”

“They are not operating at the same standards as we have here. You don’t want to have food that has been contaminated with human waste.”

Trudie says she has spoken out in the hopes that other consumers don’t go through what she has.

“I’m really angry” she said.

“It’s disgusting. We’re in Australia – we have our own resources.”

“I thought I’m going to tell someone … if I didn’t know about it then how many other people don’t know”

The following products have been recalled:

• Nanna’s Mixed Berries 1kg, up to and including Best Before Date 22/11/16
• Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries 300g, up to and including Best Before Date 10/12/17
• Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries 500g, up to and including Best Before Date 06/10/17

Concerned consumers can call the company on 1800 650 069.

Hepatitis A

Symptoms start two to seven weeks after exposure.

Symptoms include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea, stomach pains, dark urine, pale stools, diarrhoea and jaundice.

Foods that may be contaminated with hepatitis A include:

– Uncooked foods such as salads, fruit and vegetables that you eat without peeling, and any food that has been handled by infected people

– Oysters raised in contaminated waters

Hepatitis A can also be spread sexually.