The FDA is warning restaurants and food retailers against selling, serving, or eating Gomez Shellfish raw oysters and clams that were harvested from March 22 through April 9, 2026 in Washington state because of possible norovirus contamination. The shellfish were harvested from a portion of Hammersley Inlet in that state. They were sold to restaurants … Read more
The FDA is warning restaurants and consumers that some oysters and Manila clams harvested from Drayton Harbor in Washington state may be contaminated with norovirus. These oysters may be linked to a norovirus outbreak in Washington state. The recalled items include raw oysters harvested by the Drayton Harbor Oyster Company (WA-1723-SS), and Manila clams harvested … Read more
The recall of frozen raw oysters from Korea for possible norovirus contamination has been updated by the FDA because there are more lot codes, more harvest dates, and another type of frozen oyster included in the warning. The original lot code was B250112 and the frozen raw half shell oysters were harvested on January 12, … Read more
The FDA is warning restaurant sand retailers not to sell or serve frozen raw oysters from Korea because they could be contaminated with norovirus. They were sold in five states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, and Utah. They may have been distributed in other states as well. There are illnesses associated with the consumption of these … Read more
The CDC says that seven pathogens cause 9.9 million illnesses every year in the United States. This estimate is used to allocate resources and prioritize interventions. The seven pathogens are Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens, invasive Listeria monocytogenes, norovirus, Salmonella, Toxoplasma gondii, and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). And those illnesses cause about 53,000 hospitalizations and 931 … Read more
FDA has released a prevention strategy for the control of viruses in berries. This is in response to hepatitis A and norovirus outbreaks linked to fresh and frozen berries in the U.S. and globally. There has not been a virus outbreak in the United States in 35 years that was linked to berries that were … Read more
The FDA is warning retailers and consumers against consuming Ruco’s Shellfish oysters for possible norovirus contamination. The oysters were harvested from a portion of Hammersley Inlet in Washington state. The shellstock oysters were harvested from 12/02/2024 to 12/17/2024 by Ruco’s Shellfish (WA-1995-SS) from a portion of the Hammersley Inlet growing area in Washington state. They … Read more
The FDA is warning the public, restaurants, and retailers about oysters from British Columbia, Canada growing areas BC 14-8 because they may be contaminated with norovirus. These oysters were exported to California. They are Fanny Bay, Sunseeker, and Cloudy Bay oysters that were originally harvested from British Columbia (BC), Canada growing area BC 14-8 Landfile … Read more
The FDA is warning restaurants and food retailers against serving recently purchased Rudy’s Shellfish oysters and Manila clams that may be contaminated with norovirus. The seafood was sold in the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Washington. The oysters and clams were harvested from the Pickering Passage growing area in Washington. … Read more
A suspected norovirus outbreak at the Harvest Buffet restaurant in Tacoma, Washington has sickened an unknown number of people, according to the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department. That restaurant is located at 3121 South 38th Street in Tacoma. People in the same group but who live in different households reported gastrointestinal symptoms on Wednesday, October … Read more