Oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of summer have a high risk of being contaminated with deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria. Most healthy people don’t
U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-LA) called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its ban on the sale of fresh live oysters from Gulf Coast
Fishermen in the oyster business are not pleased with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) announcement that it will reformulate its policy on processing raw oysters
Over the weekend Michael Tayor, senior advisor to the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the agency’s intention to reformulate its policy on processing
Marine biotoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) have been detected at dangerously high levels in shellfish samples collected from north Puget Sound of Washington State.
The so-called “red tide”