Contaminated shellfish are continuing to cause illnesses in several European countries and Hong Kong.
At least 170 people have fallen ill in Helsinki, Finland, after eating oysters in various restaurants in February and March. Cases have also been re
Almost 200 people have fallen ill after eating oysters in the United Kingdom in recent months.
Since November 2019 there have been at least 180 reported cases of gastroenteritis associated with oyster consumption linked to multiple food outlets and o
Denmark and Sweden are the latest countries to report outbreaks of norovirus linked to shellfish from France.
At least 180 people in Denmark are sick since the start of the year and 70 are affected in Sweden, although some of these are thought to hav
Health types in the UK report on six cases of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) following consumption of mussels in the United Kingdom (UK). The mussels contained high levels of heat-stable okadaic acid (OA)-group toxins. Here we describe the envi
More than a third of raw oyster samples from production areas in Europe were positive for norovirus, according to a survey.
Data submitted to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) showed human fecal contamination is present in oyster production a
The European Commission requested scientific technical assistance for the analysis of a European Union coordinated monitoring programme on the prevalence of norovirus in raw oysters. A total of 2,180 valid samples were taken from production areas and
The United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") has given more than $450,000 for a research project designed to increase the safety of certain commercially farmed oysters from the Gulf Coast that are “bound for the premium half-shell market.”
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About 12,000 people in Briton are poisoned by contaminated oysters each year; 11,800 of which are due to norovirus, according to the researchers at the Centre for Applied Marine Sciences on Anglesey.
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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 lo
