Posted on 01/10/2023 8:20:45 AM PST by Red Badger
Those sweet shellfish may be tempting, but eating oysters in Florida has been dangerous this year.
Oysters have sickened people in the Sunshine State with three different types of illnesses, at least one of them deadly.
Federal officials issued a warning recently for raw oysters harvested in Galveston Bay, Texas, and sold in Florida, along with seven other states. The oysters were potentially contaminated with norovirus and sold to restaurants and retailers. About 211 people were infected by the oysters and had diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain within 12 to 48 hours after eating them.
Publix Supermarkets said it sold the shell-on oysters in its fresh seafood display case at its Publix and Publix Greenwise locations and warned the public of the recall.
Southport Raw Bar & Restaurant stopped selling oysters from the Gulf. "We got notification about the recall so we are no longer using oysters from the Gulf and getting them from Connecticut and Maryland instead," manager Mike Cudnik said.
The recall of Texas oysters that sickened people comes a few weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of a brand of frozen raw oysters harvested in an area of South Korea and distributed in 13 states including Florida. The agency said the oysters from South Korea are suspected of causing sapovirus infections, which is acute gastroenteritis causing vomiting and diarrhea.
This summer, oysters from Louisiana sickened Floridians. A Broward County man died after eating a raw oyster from Louisiana at a Fort Lauderdale seafood restaurant. It was the second death in Florida within weeks from Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that lives in coastal waters and typically sickens people through the consumption of raw shellfish or by entering an open wound, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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especially deadly for the oysters....
This is why I don’t eat raw meat of any kind.
“This summer, oysters from Louisiana sickened Floridians.”
If the month does not have an “R” do not eat raw oysters.
Selective, Kumamotos and Chesapeake Bay.
I used to only eat raw oysters at very nice places in NOLA. After that turned to a Hell hole, I would treat myself once a year to oysters at a famous, small sushi bar in L.A. Now I fled L.A., no more for me.....My first husband got deathly ill from a bad crab, it was not pretty....so I am picky. If fresh, on ice, with some hot horseradish and a squeeze of lemon.....soooooooo good. I still get an oyster fix once a year when I go to the Oregon coast. Little Depoe Bay has a place where they bake HUGE local oysters on a plate of rock salt. Not the same, but super delish.
Not taking any chances. I think Vibrio is vastly underreported, because most oysterheads (a) know they're gonna get it about every 10 years and (b) they know 98% of all cases resolve in 48 hours.
Sounds like an average day at a Taco Bell or Jack in the Crack.
Then how do you deal with jabs that kill millions?
And even September can be quite warm in these southern places.
I only ear them chargrilled anymore, unless it’s January or February. Maybe that’s not even safe these days..
Well at least we still have deep fried oysters.
....and just how much Death and Disease was caused by contaminated oysters harvested —> IN <— Florida?
The way I read this, they ALL came from somewhere OUT of state, but the article makes it sound like it’s a Florida problem.
Poor journalism...
Exactly.
*** This summer, oysters from Louisiana sickened Floridians.***
What on earth were they doing serving oysters in the summer???
I only eat them chargrilled anymore, unless it’s January or February. Maybe that’s not even safe these days..
Well, putting them in your ear could cause some hearing loss, especially if they are too hot.................
Florida’s Apalachicola Bay oyster beds are SHUT DOWN until 2025.................
For sure! More likely to try to stuff them up my nose, they smell so darn good.
Eat Kosher! Live longer!
Hi.
Not off topic, but what is the status of the suit FL v GA regarding the Swannee and the other river which flows into the bay?
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