FDA Urges that Oysters, Clams, Mussels, and Some Scallops Products from Korea Should be Removed From the Market

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging food distributors, retailers, and food service operators to remove from sale or service all fresh, frozen, canned, and processed oysters, clams, mussels, and whole and roe-on scallops (molluscan shellfish) from Korea that have entered the United States. This includes molluscan shellfish from Korea that entered the United States prior to May 1, 2012, when the FDA removed such products from the Interstate Certified…