Food Safety FDA Needs To Reassess Its Approach to Reducing an Illness Caused by Eating Raw Oysters

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oysters.

Public health.

America, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Includes tables and graphs throughout

Report examining extent to which FDA and Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) agree on Vibrio vulnificus illness reduction goal, reviewing whether FDA and ISSC have evaluated effectiveness of their actions in reducing Vibrio vulnificus illnesses, and assessing whether Gulf Coast oyster industry has adequate capacity to postharvest process oysters harvested between Apr. 2011-Oct. 2011

Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that occurs naturally in the Gulf of Mexico and can infect oysters

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Microfiche version United States. Government Accountability Office. Food Safety:. 2011 J942-448

Publisher Number:

CMP-2011-GAO-0443

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