US FDA warns retailers, restaurants about contaminated Maine oysters

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell, and consumers not to eat, recalled oysters from Recompense Cove in Freeport, Maine, U.S.A., because they may be contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria.“These oysters have been associated with a Campylobacter illness outbreak in Maine,” the FDA said in a press release.The agency said it is in communication with Maine and other U.S. states about the distribution of the oysters and will continue to monitor the investigation and help state authorities as needed. The agency advised consumers, retailers, and restaurants to dispose of the oysters.The oysters were harvested between 19 June 2024 and 16 July 2024 from harvest sites CAS RC2 and CAS RCX and shipped to distributors in the U.S. states of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, as well as the province of ...