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WASHINGTON -- Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration on Friday backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm-weather months.... More »
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Ledger-Enquirer - Nov. 14, 2009
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| FDA Delays Gulf Oyster Ban (Video) |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed indefinitely a ban on the sale of raw oysters from the Gulf Coast during warmer months. The proposed ban needs more study,... More »
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Post Chronicle - Nov. 15, 2009
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| Public Health Loses Out to Politics in Oyster Decision |
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Public health lost out to the politics of special interests with that it may delay a requirement for processing Gulf Coast oysters to destroy the deadly bacteria Vibrio... More »
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Center for Science in the Public Interest - Nov. 14, 2009
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| FDA to study feasibility of proposed oyster ban |
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WASHINGTON — For more than 100 years, Chris Nelson's family has run a business along the Alabama coast selling raw oysters throughout the Southeast. Those oysters, he said,... More »
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Shreveport Times - Nov. 15, 2009
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