11 Norovirus Cases Linked to Frozen South Korean Oysters: San Diego County

SAN DIEGO—County public health officials have linked 11 confirmed and probable cases of norovirus illness to frozen oysters imported from South Korea, and restaurants and stores are being cautioned April 17 to check their freezers for the origin of their oysters. Customers who ate the oysters at 100s Seafood Grill Buffet in Mission Valley between March 31 and April 1 became sick, with one person going to the emergency room, a county statement read. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is now linking the San Diego illnesses to quick-frozen oysters and is cautioning all restaurants and stores that sell frozen, raw half-shell oysters to check their freezers and verify the origin of their oysters....