New Fed Guidance: Seafood Safety Following the Gulf Oil Spill

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New Fed Guidance: Seafood Safety Following the Gulf Oil Spill
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The ongoing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to raise food safety concerns about possible health effects from contaminated seafood harvested from the Gulf. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with other federal and state agencies are monitoring the seafood supply for signs of oil contamination. For the seafood to pose a health risk, the food would have to be heavily contaminated with oil, and would therefore have a strong odor and taste of oil. Presently, testing of seafood from the gulf is being conducted by the Gulf States, FDA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

CDC recognizes the importance of anticipating, monitoring, and responding to public health hazards that may affect human health. CDC is monitoring for potential illnesses across the United States that may be associated with exposure to contaminated seafood. Persons who consume seafood contaminated by oil may experience the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. We understand that these symptoms are general, and that consumption of contaminated seafood might not necessarily be the cause.

The CDC is working closely with state and local health departments, the FDA and the American Association of Poison Control Centers to ensure that we can quickly identify and respond to any potential seafood contamination. However, if you identify a cluster of persons with gastrointestinal illness that may be associated with exposure to oil contaminated seafood, we ask you to:

    * investigate the cluster as you would normally investigate a cluster of illness,
    * make sure your local and state health department are aware of the situation, and
    * notify CDC if a food borne outbreak associated with contaminated seafood is identified.

Please notify CDC by calling the Emergency Operations Center at 404-639-7100.

http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=576&z=34

[LOsborne]

Your link has no date-line. This one does.

http://www.fda.gov/food/ucm210970.htm

[me]

Your link has no date-line. This one does.

http://www.fda.gov/food/ucm210970.ht

I received it just before I posted it.  My first thought was surely they aren't going to try to sell that stuff. 

[The Troll]

 

  Buy one pound of fresh farm raised shrimp.  Clean and add 4 caps full of dish wash detergent and fry golden brown.  And you have the taste of fresh Gulf shrimp.

[Locutus]

[me]

 

  Buy one pound of fresh farm raised shrimp.  Clean and add 4 caps full of dish wash detergent and fry golden brown.  And you have the taste of fresh Gulf shrimp.

Better make sure it's Dawn 'cause that cuts the grease.   

[The Troll]

Better make sure it's Dawn 'cause that cuts the grease.   

  And CRUDE! 

[The Troll]

  What  was so suprising to me and my wife was the lack of Gulf of Mexico sea food at the stores in Florida and Gulf Shores Alamba.  The only place we found Gulf sea food was at a small shrimp fisherman in Alabama.

  None of the sea food in the store came from the Gulf or the East coast.  All of it came from the Pacific Ocean.  Most of it was imported.

  The next time you buy sea food, check where it came from, I'll bet it didn't come for the Gulf.

[Lester Sasquatch]

I don't see what the big deal is, lots of folks like their seafood cooked in oil. Of course there's them that likes it boiled too.

Lots of my relatives live in the bayou down in Louisiana and they tell me that there is a lot of folks, that normally are out fishing this time of year, plan to hunt alligators when season comes in. Alligator season comes in the first week of September and Cousin Rebert says that the bayou is gonna be full of first time alligator hunters. Rebert tells me that the average gator goes for a little over $300 and they is in season for 30 days.

I ain't never tried eatin alligator myself but I eat on turtle a couple times, they mighty good.

[Bo D]

Cousin Rebert says that the bayou is gonna be full of first time alligator hunters.

Bet there are also gonna be some gators that are full of first time alligator hunters. 

[me]

Bet there are also gonna be some gators that are full of first time alligator hunters. 

I'll bet you might be right about that.   

[Sandy Eggo]

I bet the alligators are going to be excited about all the new eating options.

I'd try eating 'gator if given the opportunity, but the thought of hunting them makes me sad. They're such cool creatures.

[followsthewolf]

They're legal to hunt now, and I'll admit to having sampled them.

[Palehorse]

Gator is pretty tasty, you can buy it canned from Cabelas if you really want to try it. I've had it steamed, I've had it breaded and fried, I've had it boiled. Tastes like chicken! 

[me]

Gator is pretty tasty, you can buy it canned from Cabelas if you really want to try it. I've had it steamed, I've had it breaded and fried, I've had it boiled. Tastes like chicken! 

Question.  Everybody always says this or that meat tastes like chicken but they never say whether it tastes like the breast or the legs of the chicken.  Why?