FDA Warns Consumers, Food Service Operators, and Retailers to Avoid Oysters
Recently Harvested from Mississippi Area 2C
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising retailers and food service
operators not to offer for sale oysters harvested between Feb. 24 and March 17, 2009, from Mississippi Area 2C,
located in the Mississippi Sound portion of the Gulf of Mexico near Pass Christian, Miss. Further, consumers are
advised not to eat such oysters. Consumers who are uncertain about the origin of oysters they currently have should
contact the place of purchase to determine if the oysters are from the affected area as the Agency investigates an
outbreak of norovirus illnesses associated with the oysters. Norovirus is a foodborne pathogen that can cause acute
gastroenteritis in humans. Read more...
