Health Officials Investigating Norovirus Illnesses Linked to Oysters

The Food and Drug Administration and other government agencies are now investigating reports of illness caused by norovirus in some people who ate oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay in the Gulf of Texas. Consumers are advised to avoid eating the oysters, which have been linked to about one dozen reports of norovirus-associated illness in people from South Carolina and North Carolina. Noroviruses are a category of viruses that cause gastroenteritis, or infection of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms of the …

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Listeria Contamination Fears Prompt Sandwich Recall

Prepackaged sandwiches made by Fisher/Rex Sandwiches of Raleigh, NC are being recalled because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a form of bacteria that can cause potentially fatal food poisoning.

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