Seafood Safety

health

Flesh-eating bacteria is a shorthand term for bacteria that cause necrotizing fasciitis, a severe, rapidly progressing soft tissue infection. In Virginia, questions about these...

food-seafood

Oysters are saltwater bivalve mollusks farmed and harvested worldwide for food, coastal ecology, and culture. As filter feeders, they improve water clarity and quality, while su...

food-safety

If you recently purchased shrimp at Safeway, here is what you need to know right now. A limited number of cooked and prepared shrimp products were recalled nationwide because po...

food-safety

Oysters can make you sick two days later if they contain harmful bacteria, viruses, or toxins that cause foodborne illness. Illness is commonly linked to Vibrio species, norovir...

food-safety

Raw oysters can be a nutritious delicacy, but they also carry a risk of food poisoning if handled or consumed when contaminated. The primary hazards come from naturally occurrin...

food-safety

Fact pattern: Consumers sometimes report seeing small, rice-like specks on crab legs or in packaging. These are often harmless remnants rather than viable parasite eggs, but any...

marine_species_profiles

A multi colored lobster results from rare genetic variations that affect pigment distribution, most commonly observed as calico, blue, yellow, or split-color patterns. These col...