Authorities in Hong Kong have issued a warning following reports of people falling sick after eating oysters from France. The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has told the industry to suspend the import of raw oysters harvested in an area identified as 17.C.
11 in France. A CFS spokesman said: “The CFS was notified by the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of seven food poisoning cases involving consuming raw oysters at different restaurants. The CFS conducted investigations at the restaurants concerned and found that [they] had sold raw oysters harvested in area 17.
C.11 in France.” CFS has instructed the suppliers and restaurants to stop supplying and selling the affected raw oysters.
Susceptible groups, such as pregnant women, young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems or liver diseases, should avoid eating raw oysters. Mor e oyster incidents Earlier this month, eight people became ill after having a buffet lunch at The Promenade at Harbour Grand Kowloon in Hung Hom. The patients are three men and five women aged between 26 and 69.
The CHP investigated and revealed that people consumed common food, including raw oysters. The incident might have been caused by norovirus. A link to oysters and norovirus has also been reported in another incident.
This cluster involved 12 males and one female aged between 27 and 61, who developed abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea about.
