California health officials are investigating and an oyster recall is underway after dozens of people who attended a Los Angeles Times food festival fell ill.
More than 80 people who went to the newspaper’s “101 Best Restaurants” event on December 3 reported suffering from symptoms including diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.
Raw oysters that were served to event attendees came from Pacific Northwest Shellfish Co., the “original harvester/producer.” The S&M Shellfish Co. has since issued an “urgent recall” for the products sold as Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay, and Royal Miyagi Oysters harvested between the first and ninth of December.
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the recalled oysters were shipped to distributors and retailers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC.
They “may have been distributed to other states, as well,” the FDA stated. […]
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