That was also the case in Norway. It just wasn't automatic.

The risk was really tiny anyway. Even if you did get infected, it was unlikely to cause any damage.

But going from other comments in the thread it's not the same vaccine that is used today, so I expect they fixed the problem.

I’d be surprised if it was a live vaccine, due to a medical condition I usually don’t get them. And Wikipedia to the rescue https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_A_vaccine, it’s inactivated virus cultures.

Same page says one of the ones still in use is in fact attenuated live virus. I'm not remotely surprised it's not commonly in use in the west, though.