Colchester: Oyster growers hit back at virus report

Colchester: Oyster growers hit back at virus report

A study by the Food Standards Agency discovered that 76% of tested had traces of the infectious winter vomiting bug.

However, Graham , operations manager at Colchester , said he was disappointed with the way the information had been put forward.

He said that most of the oysters found with the were “of such low detection levels they are not really of any relevance”.

“What you have to understand is that it’s a wild product and everything contains a trace of something or other,” he said.

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