Outbreak: Frozen Oysters | |
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Product: Frozen Oysters | Investigation Start Date: 11/22/2006 |
Location: Marion County, OR | Etiology: Norovirus GI |
Earliest known case onset date: 11/15/2006 | Latest case onset date: 11/17/2006 |
Confirmed / Presumptive Case Counts: 2 / 11 | Positive Samples: 1 |
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:
A rapid investigation of a Norovirus outbreak implicated commercially frozen oysters on the half shell that were thawed and served raw. Over 25,000 pounds of product from the same lot was embargoed by the FDA, which was then considering further restrictions on this type of product, which had been … Continue Reading ››