DHH Recalls Oysters and Closes Oyster Harvesting Area
BATON ROUGE—The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) moved quickly Tuesday to close a Terrebonne Parish molluscan shellfish harvesting area located in Basin 12, Area 23. DHH also ordered a recall of all oysters harvested from that area since April 26, 2012 including shucked, frozen, breaded, post- harvest processed and oysters for the half […]
Colchester: Oyster growers hit back at virus report
A study by the Food Standards Agency discovered that 76% of oysters tested had traces of the infectious winter vomiting bug. However, Graham Larkin, operations manager at Colchester Oyster Fishery, said he was disappointed with the way the information had been put forward. He said that most of the oysters found with the virus were […]
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. Tags: authorities, food safety, Norovirus, oesters, oysters
New research identifies norovirus levels in oysters
Research published today by the Food Standards Agency shows that a significant proportion (76%) of oysters tested from UK oyster growing beds contained norovirus. The virus was detected at low levels in more than half of the positive samples (52%). It is difficult to assess the potential health impact of these findings, as the available […]
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 […]
