Anti-norovirus processes will not be implemented – FSA
UK food safety authorities are not considering introducing new industrial processing techniques safety for oysters, despite over 75% grown in the UK containing the norovirus. read the article here.
First-time systematic study into norovirus in oysters published
The first published systematic study of norovirus in oyster-harvesting areas using the most up-to-date quantitative methodology was published today. At present the level of norovirus in oysters that might lead to actual illness is not yet well defined. There are also still significant knowledge gaps about the transmission of norovirus. Cefas’ study, funded by the […]
