France: After Arcachon, Normandy oysters banned from sale

The black streak continues for oyster farmers. After the ban on the sale of oysters from the Arcachon basin, it is the turn of those produced in part of Normandy to suffer the same fate. “Following reports of cases of collective food poisoning whose symptoms are those of acute gastroenteritis: the prefect of Calvados has decided to temporarily prohibit the marketing and release for human consumption,” announces the prefecture of Calvados. Calvados. The shellfish concerned come from the Grandcamp Maisy and Géfosse Fontenay sectors. The “traceability surveys and analyzes carried out on farmed oysters indicate that contamination of oysters from” the sectors cited “is involved”, according to the prefecture. Recreational fishing also prohibited In its press release, the prefecture also asks “people who have shellfish from these areas not to consume them and to return them to the points of sale”. “Recreational shellfish fishing is also prohibited. These measures will be ...