Oysters

• Research crucial to stop parasite from destroying P.E.I. oyster industry: minister

  Multinucleate sphere X, or MSX, affects the growth of oysters and kills a large number of them, but it does not present a human health risk.

  Environment

  Aug 31
  
• CFIA recalls Pacific Rim Shellfish brand oysters due to norovirus risk

  The CFIA says they were sold in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, and Ontario, and possibly other provinces and territories as well.

  Consumer

  Mar 28, 2022
  
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• Osoyoos Oyster Fest prepares to shuck 10,000 shellfish

  It may not be a food that grows in the Okanagan, but some believe local wine is perfect for oysters.

  Entertainment

  Apr 24, 2019
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• Dangerously high levels of Red Tide found in bivalve shellfish on B.C. coast

  The warning applies to oysters, clams, scallops, mussels and geoduck.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2018
• Canadian oysters may be making Americans sick with norovirus: FDA

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating whether contaminated oysters were sold south of the border.

  Health

  May 1, 2018
• Number of sicknesses linked to raw oysters is dropping

  Health officials say the number of gastrointestinal illnesses associated with raw oysters that made over a hundred people sick in three provinces appears to be dropping.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2018
• Norovirus outbreak in Canada — here’s what’s triggering the vomiting bug

  Norovirus cases have risen in Canada, and it's being linked back to raw oysters from B.C.

  Health

  Apr 19, 2018
• B.C. oysters recalled over biotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning

  The oysters were sold from Oct. 9 to Oct. 16.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2017
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• Ocean currents tied to B.C.’s mysterious norovirus outbreak

  Researchers with the BC Centre for Disease Control may have pinpointed how a mysterious norovirus outbreak spread, forcing the closure of 13 West Coast oyster farms and curtailing operations at others as hundreds of Canadians fell ill.

  Jul 3, 2017
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• Shellfish industry reeling after norovirus outbreak in BC oysters

  British Columbia's shellfish industry is reeling from the impact of a mysterious norovirus that has forced the closure of seven coastal oyster farms, caused others to curtail operations and made hundreds of Canadians sick.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2017