What a title - sounds like a fictional story. Unfortunately this has been in all the media this last week. Government scientists have found that seven in ten oysters sold in the UK are laced with the toxic norovirus — the winter vomiting bug.
Having delved a little deeper into this, it appears that the oyster itself is not the culprit, rather the water, which it is in. All the oysters sold in the UK are purified for 42 hours, which largely nullifies any danger. But to be completely safe, you can cook oysters – or easier still, just zap them in a microwave, which would kill any residual traces of the virus. Not my preferred dish, but don't stop eating them if you like them.
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