Sunday, December 13, 2015

Hawaii Recalls Korean Raw Oysters After Reports of Norovirus Illnesses

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Transmission electron micrograph of Norwalk virus. The white bar = 50 nm
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Raw oysters imported from Korea and sold in bulk to distributors and food establishments in Hawaii are being recalled.
 
The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) said the individually quick frozen (IQF) packaged under the Dai One Food Company label, with shellfish harvest dates of Feb. 10 -13, 2015, with shellfish tags on all shellfish cases are subject to the recall.
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The department has already conducted product tracebacks and embargoed all of the suspect product on Nov. 24 at various local shellfish distributors and restaurants, said Peter Oshiro.

“Although this product is not sold directly to the public, a recall has been issued as an additional safeguard to further notify anyone who may possess the product that it is unsafe and should be destroyed,” he said.



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