Seafood Warning Issued Over Potential Severe Illness

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to restaurants, food retailers and consumers over a possible norovirus contamination in oysters that could cause severe illness.Restaurants and food retailers in Hawaii and California that have recently purchased individually quick-frozen oysters from Central Fisheries Co. LTD, based in South Korea, were advised by the FDA on Friday to not serve or sell the oysters and to dispose of them because 'they may be contaminated with norovirus.

On Wednesday, South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries told the FDA that Central Fisheries was initiating a recall of the potentially contaminated oysters. A notice about the recall read, 'Customers who have purchased these oysters should contact their distributor to coordinate return or destruction.'According to the FDA advisory, 'Oysters contaminated with norovirus can cause illness if eaten, and potentially severe illness in people with compromised immune systems.

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