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FDA Warns Against Mississippi Oysters

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 26, 2009
Further, consumers are advised not to eat such oysters as the FDA investigates an outbreak of norovirus illnesses associated with the oysters. Norovirus is a foodborne pathogen that can cause acute gastroenteritis in humans.

Eleven people so far have reported becoming sick after eating raw oysters at a restaurant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Test results by local and state health departments confirmed that the patients were infected with norovirus.

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