Interdiction de vente des huîtres du Bassin d'Arcachon après intoxications

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Les huîtres du Bassin d'Arcachon sont actuellement interdites à la vente en raison de "plusieurs cas de toxi-infections alimentaires collectives", a annoncé la préfecture de Gironde à quatre jours du réveillon du Nouvel An. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 The oysters from the Arcachon Basin are currently banned from sale

00:03 due to several cases of collective food poisoning,

00:06 announced the prefecture of Gironde four days before New Year's Eve.

00:10 The symptoms are those of acute gastroenteritis

00:13 and no serious cases are to be deplored to this day,

00:15 said the authorities in a statement published on Wednesday evening.

00:18 Traceability investigations are underway

00:21 but several reports already indicate that the oysters from the Arcachon Basin are in question,

00:26 analysis carried out on oysters grown locally having confirmed the presence of norovirus.

00:30 In consultation with health organizations,

00:34 the prefecture has therefore temporarily prohibited fishing,

00:37 harvesting and marketing activities intended for the human consumption

00:40 of all the shells from the Arcachon Basin, including the Argan Bank.

00:45 As of today,

00:47 the shells caught or fished in these areas must be removed from sale.

00:51 It is requested that those who own shells from these areas

00:55 do not consume them and bring them back to the point of sale,

00:57 indicates the prefectural statement.

00:59 This measure, which will be lifted as soon as the health quality of the shells

01:04 is fully satisfied,

01:06 affects the first chiefs the oysters farmers

01:08 whose production had to accommodate many tables,

01:11 Sunday evening, for the New Year's Eve.

01:13 The profession is said to be a victim of the saturation of the networks of used water

01:17 and rainwater that cause overflows in the natural environment

01:20 contaminating the production areas,

01:22 in a statement of the Regional Committee of Conquiliculture Arcachon Aquitaine (CRCA).

01:26 Two months after the storms that massacred several hectares of oyster parks

01:31 on the Argan Bank,

01:32 professionals fear an unprecedented economic crisis

01:35 and demand that will pay the addition.

01:36 The production of oysters in the concerned area is about 8,000 tonnes per year,

01:41 or 10% of national production according to the latest figures available

01:44 from the CRCA and the GREST (Agricultural Statistics).

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