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April 5, 2022
Health officials are warning restaurants and retailers not to serve or sell raw oysters harvested from a specific bay in British Columbia, Canada, after linking norovirus illnesses to these oysters. Consumers should not eat these potentially contaminated raw oysters.
The Minnesota Department of Health, Hennepin County Public Health, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are working with federal officials and public health agencies in other states and Canada to investigate a norovirus outbreak linked to raw oysters from British Columbia, Canada. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that potentially contaminated raw oysters harvested in the south and central parts of Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada, were distributed to restaurants and retailers in 13 states, including Minnesota.
While some parts of the harvest area have been closed, it is likely that oysters from this area are still in the marketplace. With that in mind, officials are urging restaurants and distributors to check shellstock tags and discard oysters from this harvest area.
Consumers can ask oyster suppliers or restaurants to check the shellstock tag for the harvest location. Norovirus and other pathogens found in raw oysters can be destroyed by cooking to 145 degrees Fahrenheit before eating.
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