Texas health officials on Thursday ordered a recall of oysters harvested from a fishery in Galveston Bay after linking those oysters to dozens of illnesses across the area in recent weeks. Public health officials closed the TX 1 harvest area on Wednesday.
Johny Jurisich, center, oyster harvester and member of the family owning US Sea Products, grabs a bag to store oyster on the first day of oyster season, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in San Leon.Texas health officials on Thursday ordered a recall of oysters harvested from a fishery in Galveston Bay after linking those oysters to dozens of illnesses across the area in recent weeks.
Texas Department of State Health Services spokesman Chris Van Deusen said the agency received reports of illness from more than 40 people who ate oysters from the TX 1 and TX 5 harvest areas in Galveston Bay between Nov. 17 and Dec. 2. The recall is in effect for any oysters harvested from the TX 1 fishery between Nov. 17 and Dec.
"When you force that many boats onto that small of a reef, for that many days, with the water being warm for this time of the year, the oysters start to die and the shelf life is very short," said Johny Jurisich, a Texas City oyster fisherman and wholesaler. "Everyone will have to do the same thing ... we'll have to get oysters from different areas," Ivic said.Will Texas oysters be plentiful again? The state is re-thinking how to make it happen.
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