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A ban on some raw, untreated oysters? Shucks

latimes.com
Nov. 10, 2009
Louisiana is steamed over a policy to require Gulf Coast oysters harvested in warm months to be treated before sale for raw consumption. The FDA hopes to stop deaths; locals say it'll hurt business. Tea parties aren't the only place you'll hear grumbling these days about the imposition of a...
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