{"id":1666,"date":"2008-01-03T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/raw_oyster_dangers\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:09:56","slug":"raw-oyster-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/raw-oyster-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Oyster Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago there was a large amount of news coverage regarding the death of a woman from eating contaminated oysters at an Atlanta restaurant. Now, the Georgia Department of Agriculture is alerting consumers that norovirus has been found in some raw oysters harvested in Louisiana. Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Irvin announced that raw oysters harvested from the West Karako Bay Section of Growing Area 3 in Louisiana from Dec. 3 through Dec. 21 may possibly be contaminated with norovirus. Inspectors are looking for these oysters in Georgia retail and wholesale facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA has received reports of norovirus infection in seven people who ate raw oysters on Dec. 13 at a restaurant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Tennessee Department of Health&#8217;s test results from two of the ill patients were positive for norovirus. The FDA confirmed the presence of norovirus in shell oysters harvested from the West Karako Bay section of Growing Area 3 and served at the Tenn. restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals closed the affected growing area on Dec. 21. The FDA is working with the states involved to determine if any additional actions may be necessary to ensure public health protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/raw-oyster-dangers\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Raw Oyster Dangers\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago there was a large amount of news coverage regarding the death of a woman from eating contaminated oysters at an Atlanta restaurant. Now, the Georgia Department of Agriculture is alerting consumers that norovirus has been found in some raw oysters harvested in Louisiana. 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