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The event was a Los Angeles Times 101 Best Restaurants event, according to Santa Monica Seafood, a company involved in the situation.
According to the health department, over 80 attendees who ate the oysters at the event reported illnesses and gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting.
No west coast oysters yall. Cold waters only. This is more for vibrio tho.
We’ve had serious and repeated outbreaks with lower mainland oysters recently because of how warm the Juan de Fuca and Salish Sea waters are getting. Just cause we’re part of Canada don’t assume BC is buried in snow like Winnipeg.