Oysters from the San Antonio bay have sickened 25 people in Mayland.
HOUSTON- AP— The Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating raw oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay in Texas because more than two dozen people in Maryland became ill last month.
Testing by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene indicated they had contracted norovirus, the FDA said. The virus can cause flu-like symptoms that may linger for several days, health officials said.
In its warning issued late Friday, the FDA said two distributors — Bayview Seafood of Seadrift, Texas, and Rose Bay Oyster Company of Swanquarter, N.C. — have issued voluntary recalls of oysters from San Antonio Bay. The recalled oysters are marked with tags that read: “Gal 1, 2/2/07.”
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Posted on March 4th, 2007 by Tilghman Guy
Filed under: General
Stevensville, MD