{"id":117212,"date":"2026-02-18T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/117212\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:32:08","slug":"fda-extends-warning-about-oysters-to-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/117212\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Extends Warning about Oysters to Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2026\/02\/dont-eat-these-oysters-fda-warning-affects-pennsylvania-and-nine-other-states.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">According to a PennLive report<\/a>, the oysters were harvested by Stellar Bay Shellfish of British Columbia, Canada, on Dec. 30, 2025; Jan. 20; Jan. 26; and Jan. 29. They came from harvest area BC 17-20 (Nanoose Bay) CLF 1401656. All were distributed under the Kusshi, Chrome Point, Stellar Bay, or Stellar Bay Gold brands.<\/p>\n<p>The affected oysters, according to the FDA, were sold to restaurants and retailers across multiple states, including <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphianewsroom.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Local Story: &#8216;The Sound of Music&#8217; Comes to the Academy of Music in Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>The FDA urges anyone who bought them to avoid consuming them and to dispose of the product. Oysters contaminated with norovirus can cause illness if they&#8217;re eaten and can result in potentially severe illness in people with compromised immune systems. Norovirus infection can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and fever.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants and retailers should prevent cross-contamination by thoroughly cleaning and sanitizing surfaces and utensils, and by having workers wash their hands with soap and warm water after cleaning and sanitizing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a PennLive report, the oysters were harvested by Stellar Bay Shellfish of British Columbia, Canada, on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-117212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news","11":"tag-philadelphia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}