There’s red tide in Texas, salinity levels in state waters are way off in Mississippi, and Louisiana has fallen behind Washington state in oyster production. To say Gulf oystermen
FDA is expanding its earlier warning to include additional frozen oyster products from Korea that have been linked to three norovirus cases in Washington state.
In a Nov. 4, 2011
Consumers throughout the west should avoid ASSI brand frozen oysters from Korea, which have been linked to an outbreak of norovirus in Washington State, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Texas closed all of its coastal waters Wednesday to oyster harvesting because of the algal bloom Karenia brevis, also known as the red tide.
According to the Texas Department of
Canada’s public health warning issued on October 15 for raw mussels has been expanded to include raw in-shell oysters and shucked oysters distributed by various shellfish processors in British
The government and seafood industry must work together to reduce illnesses from Vibrio vulnificus – a naturally occurring but potentially fatal bacterium found in Gulf Coast oysters – says the Government Accountability
Oysters from Washington State are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
The State Health Department Saturday warned that consumers should not eat oysters harvested in the
The Monterey County Health Department announced late last week that several illnesses associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked oysters had been reported in the area. The health department
Several people who ate raw oysters from Washington state’s Samish Bay and Hood Canal areas have become ill from Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria.
As a result, oyster harvest has been
The summer heat that ripens vast fields of gorgeous strawberries in Washington’s Skagit Valley also raises anxiety levels among shellfish farmers on the nearby Samish Bay tideflats.
The longer
The raw Florida oysters that sickened at least 11 people during March and April were contaminated with an unusual but mild strain of cholera.
“This is the first outbreak of
Oysters from one harvest area of Florida’s Apalachicola Bay should not be eaten, served, purchased, sold or shipped, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an