Centre for Food Safety

Raw Oysters

Ready-to-eat Raw Oysters

• The CFS noticed that Food Standards Australia New Zealand reported that ready-to-eat raw Pacific oysters harvested in Coffin Bay in Australia, which were suspected to be contaminated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus, were under recall.
• According to the Department of Primary Industries and Regions of the Government of South Australia, the Coffin Bay growing area includes four harvesting areas, namely the Port Douglas harvesting area, the Mt Dutton Bay harvesting area, the Kellidie Bay West harvesting area and the Kellidie Bay East harvesting area.

• The CFS immediately conducted investigation and contacted local major importers for follow-up.
• The CFS has immediately instructed the trade to suspend the import into and sale within Hong Kong of all ready-to-eat raw oysters from the Coffin Bay growing area.
• The CFS has instructed the importers concerned to stop sale of, remove from shelves and recall the affected products, and is tracing the distribution of the products concerned.
• The CFS will inform the Australian authorities and will also notify the local trade. It will continue to follow up on the incident and take appropriate action to safeguard food safety and public health. Investigation is ongoing.

• The trade should stop using or selling the products concerned immediately should they possess them.

• Do not to consume the affected product if they have bought any.
• Enquiries about the recall can be made to the importers (Worldwide Seafood Limited, hotline: 2911 4989; Diligence Marine Products Limited, hotline: 6732 0690; Caves Asia Company Ltd, hotline: 2423 5118; Oriole Food International Ltd, hotline: 2552 9266; and Pacific Gourmet Hong Kong, hotline: 2511 1034).

The CFS press release