Oysters from the Arcachon Basin in France are banned for sale after several poisonings

Oysters from the Arcachon Basin are temporarily banned from sale after “several cases of collective food poisoning,” announced the Gironde prefecture four days before New Year’s Eve. “The symptoms are those of gastroenteritis acute and no serious cases have been reported to date,” the authorities said in a press release published Wednesday evening. Traceability investigations are underway, but several reports already indicate that oysters from the Arcachon Basin “are in question”, analyzes carried out on oysters farmed locally having confirmed the presence of “norovirus”. In consultation with health organizations, the prefecture has therefore temporarily banned fishing, harvesting and marketing activities intended for human consumption of all shellfish from the Arcachon Basin, including the Banc d'Arguin. Also read: Prawns recalled due to potentially fatal flesh-eating bacteria A “saturation of wastewater and rainwater networks” “As of today, batches of shellfish harvested or ...