Oysters recalled in Texas after dozens of illnesses linked to oysters from particular harvest location | Food Safety News
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By News Desk on December 9, 2022
The Texas Department of State Health Services has ordered a recall of all oysters harvested in the TX 1 area of southeastern Galveston Bay after reports of dozens of cases of gastrointestinal illness among people who ate oysters from those waters.
The recall includes oysters in the shell and shucked oysters harvested in the area from Nov. 17 through Dec. 7.
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Consumers who purchased Texas oysters since Nov. 17 should check the packaging to see if they were harvested in TX 1. If the oysters were unpackaged, they should contact the seller to find the source. Restaurants should contact their distributor for information on the source of their oysters. Any oysters from TX 1 should be discarded.
According to the release, DSHS closed the TX 1 area to harvesting on Dec. 8 after receiving reports from health departments in Southeast Texas and Florida that people who had consumed oysters from the area had gotten sick. Reported symptoms include fever, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, chills and headache. People experiencing any of these symptoms after eating oysters should contact their healthcare provider and tell them about the exposure to oysters. No hospitalizations have been reported at this time.
DSHS epidemiologists are working with local health departments to investigate cases of illness, and DSHS will test water samples collected in the recall area to determine when it may safely reopen to oyster harvesting.
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Got E-Coli? Texas Oysters do...
The last CDC warning that I remember about NY oysters was for norovirus last April.
April? Who in hell eats oysters in April? I never ever eat oysters out of season, which is from October though March when they are supposed to be safe. December Oysters are prime season. April Oysters? Yucko! I guess those people who need warning labels on Tide Pods to stop them from eating them also need to be told never to eat bad meat or unseasonal seafood...
Apparently the CDC thinks some in the NE do.
It's a month with an R in it.
Serves Texas right, they failed to pass a law against aborting oysters from their shells.