News tagged with raw oysters

Auburn scientists find tar balls are better left alone

(PhysOrg.com) -- The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the waves of tar balls deposited on the beaches shortly thereafter prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Goodbye 'R' rule? Oyster pathogen test may help make shellfish safer

(PhysOrg.com) -- The oyster lover’s axiom of edibility -- that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an 'r' in it -- may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety test developed ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Irradiation underused to fight E. coli in foods

(AP) -- Zapping salad fixings with just a bit of radiation can kill dangerous E. coli and other bacteria - and food safety experts say Europe's massive outbreak shows wary consumers should give the long-approved ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Cholera oyster outbreak sickens 11 in US

As many as 11 people have reported getting sick from eating raw oysters contaminated with cholera bacteria in northern Florida, officials said on Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Keeping oysters, clams and mussels safe to eat

Eating raw or undercooked mollusks may pose a safety hazard if they are harvested from waters polluted with pathogenic microbes, so U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are studying ways to enhance the food safety ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A salty way to safer shellfish

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spritz of lemon and a dash of hot sauce make oysters taste great -- but a bath of salt water might make them more safe to eat. A new report finds that exposing oysters raised in low-salinity ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests alternative treatment for bacteria in oysters

A joint study by local oyster growers and researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that moving farmed oysters into saltier waters just prior to harvest nearly eliminates the presence of ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists pry new information from disease-causing, shellfish-borne bacterium

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered a key weapon in the molecular arsenal the infectious bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus (V. para) uses to kill cells and cause food poisoning in its human host. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Used oyster shells collected to help next generation grow

Like much of the other containers and food scraps from the North Baltimore farm-to-table restaurant Woodberry Kitchen, the oyster shells don't go in the trash. The raw bar castoffs -- about 2,000 per week -- are sent to an ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists look for reasons behind herring decline

In an ominous environmental sign, California regulators this month closed all herring fishing in San Francisco Bay for the first time ever, shutting down the last commercial fishery in the Bay.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vibrio bacteria found in Norwegian seafood and seawater

(PhysOrg.com) -- While working on her doctorate, Anette Bauer Ellingsen discovered potentially disease-causing vibrios (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus) in Norwegian seafood and inshore ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research study to shed light on emerging seaborne pathogen

A new research study at the University of Delaware seeks to determine why Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a microorganism that lives in seawater and is related to the bacterium that causes cholera, is expanding its range and vi ...

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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