Experts Help Oyster Processors Use New Technology To Keep Consumers, Industry Healthy
August 31, 2006
Experts Help Oyster Processors Use New Technology To Keep Consumers, Industry Healthy
Science Daily – Aug 17 3:19 AM
Eating raw oysters is getting safer, thanks to a new practice called post-harvest processing, or PHP, that virtually eliminates harmful Vibrio vulnificus bacteria from the shellfish, say University of Florida researchers. Recently enacted federal guidelines require oyster processors in Florida and several other states to use PHP, said Victor Garrido, a research coordinator with UF’s Institute of Save to My Web