U-S authorities are warning people in certain states not to eat raw oysters imported from an Island company because they could be contaminated with salmonella and E. coli bacteria.
The U-S Food and Drug Administration issued a statement Friday saying restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell oysters from Future Seafoods Inc., based in Bedeque.
The federal agency says the oysters in question were purchased by restaurants and food retailers in Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The oysters were harvested on October 10th and may look, smell and taste normal, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed the presence of salmonella and E. coli, and contacted the FDA on October 18th.
