People who ate berries linked to the hepatitis A scare have been banned from donating blood for two months.
Anyone who has already donated after eating the berries is asked to contact the Red Cross Blood Service so they can identify any risks posed to those receiving blood.
While hepatitis A typically poses a very low risk to the blood supply, Red Cross Blood Service spokesman Shaun Inguanzo says the situation is being closely monitored.
He said hepatitis A is almost exclusively spread by ingesting faecal-contaminated food.
"As a purely precautionary matter, the Blood Service is asking donors who consumed Nannas Frozen Mixed Berries or Creative Gourmet Mixed Berries and then gave blood either on or after 1 November 2014 to contact us on 13 14 95," Mr Inguanzo told AAP on Tuesday.
"This will help us identify whether or not we need to take further action to minimise the unlikely event of hepatitis A being spread via blood transfusion."
The Blood Service screens blood donations for 70 diseases, but not hepatitis A due to its low risk.
As an added precaution, donors who advise they have eaten the recalled Nannas berries, but not yet donated, will not be able to donate for two months from the date they last ate them.
A Victorian health department spokesman said there had been no further Victorian cases of Hepatitis A linked to the berries.
"We're monitoring notifications of Hepatitis A to see if any are implicated with the particular food.
Patties Foods added Nanna's Raspberries 1kg packs to its consumer recall on Tuesday morning.
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