BON SECOUR, AL — Chris Nelson, vice president of Bon Secour Fisheries Inc., knew a year ago when the BP oil spill had just begun that the hardest damages to settle
Hailing a patent-pending process for a new line of fresh hamburger patties as a “natural option for food safety” and a “technological breakthrough,” meat-industry giant Cargill has begun using a
Oysters collected from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana are turning up with extremely high levels of cadmium, a toxic heavy metal. The amounts–at 150 to
The bill that is supposed to empower the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) instead contains some restrictions when it comes to the oyster industry thanks to one Louisiana senator.
Democratic
UPDATE II: We now believe, based on Gulf oyster industry sources that have been reliable in the past, that the substance found in oysters at Vinnie’s Raw Bar last
Each year millions of Americans enjoy raw oysters with a squeeze of lemon or perhaps a dash of hot sauce. However, when eaten raw, this tasty mollusk poses certain health
Uncooked oysters from Canada’s Pacific Coast have been confirmed as the source of a norovirus outbreak. according to the British Columbia Center for Disease Control.
Oysters making people ill
Oyster restoration projects, such as the effort to bring back the native Olympia oyster to some of the inland waters of Southern California, might someday replace Gulf oysters that go
Two new studies on viral pathogens in oysters and mollusks shed new light on the need for better detection methods and treatments that are needed to ensure shellfish safety.
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Oyster experts are reporting that when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a diver down after a lost cage last week, they found the bottom of the Gulf
Anticipating another rift with the powers that be in Washington D.C., Louisiana is taking steps to allow oysters to be sold year round in the state.
Last year, the
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO — Make a mistake about Gulf Coast oyster facts–say by running a picture showing Crassostrea gigas or Pacific oysters instead of Crassostrea virginica or Eastern