Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings have been issued by the Health Protection Scotland.
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Health Protection Scotland – Guidelines Norovirus – Health Care Settings
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USDA -Kitchen Companion – Food Safety
The USDA have a Food Safety PDF for Food Safety in the Kitchen that some of you may find interesting. It is of course american based, but the principles are still the same. Kitchen Companion
Norovirus in Oysters – FSA
Research published today by the Food Standards Agency shows that a significant proportion (76%) of oysters tested from UK oyster growing beds contained norovirus. The virus was detected at low levels in more than half of the positive samples (52%).
It is difficult to assess the potential health impact of these findings, as the available research techniques are not able to differentiate between infectious and non-infectious norovirus material within the oysters. Furthermore, a safe limit for norovirus has not been established.
Frozen Oysters – Norovirus
The FDA have warned consumers not to eat certain brands ASSI Brand Oysters from Washington State as they are contaminated with Norovirus and have caused illness. The oysters, were served in a Washington state restaurant and were eaten by three people who became ill, have been sampled and tested positive by FDA for norovirus genotypes I and II.
Records indicate that this product was shipped to the states of Washington, California, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, and Utah
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