By Adam Harrington | WBBM
CHICAGO — The Meals and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned shops and eating places across the nation to not promote or serve oysters from British Columbia, Canada, that could be contaminated with the norovirus.
California was among the many states the place the oysters had been bought. They had been additionally bought in Arizona, Colorado, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
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The oysters had been bought as Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay, and Royal Miyagi.
The oysters had been harvested between Dec. 1 and Dec. 9 from rising areas BC 14-8, Landfiles (LF) # 1413888, 1409240, 1402294, 1409454, 1402193, 1402293, 1402060, and rising space BC 14-15, LF # 249854.
Signs of norovirus embrace diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and abdomen cramps. A fever can also develop.
Eating places and retailers which have the oysters ought to throw them away, or return them to their distributor to be destroyed. The FDA additionally suggested that shellfish is usually a supply of pathogens extra usually, and the danger of cross-contamination of meals processing tools and the meals processing atmosphere should be averted.
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