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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Amber Raiken

What to know about eating oysters safely after two reported deaths from shellfish

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Two Florida-based people have reportedly died in the last month after consuming raw oysters caught in Louisiana.

On Tuesday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that an unidentified man in Fort Lauderdale caught a bacterial infection after eating an oyster at the Rustic Inn Crabhouse. The restaurant manager, Gary Oreal, told the outlet that the customer had the “one in a billion [oyster] that was bad” and acknowledged that people can be putting their health at “risk” when eating the shellfish.

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