Makes me wonder what disease they cure?

Is there some hint as to why they are acting now? Why o why must all my food be irradiated? Please leave the food chain alone.

nonono you got it all wrong...

it's part of a mild attempt at birth control.. population sustaining etc..

see.. new agenda is all about removing aphrodesiacs from the diet.

next it will be rhino horns... i swear..

wait .. they ALREADY OUTLAWED THOSE! seeee.. see MAN! it's what they're DOIN MAANN!!

//looks around shiftily///

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Originally posted by beaverg

FDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico

If it could, the FDA would ban ALL raw foods.

Raw almonds are almost
impossible to obtain anymore. A few people got sick from contaminated
almonds(caused by using sewage sludge for fertilizer probably) and all
almonds must be pasteurized.

One more reason why control of the food supply MUST be taken out of the hands
of Doctors who know nearly nothing about nutrition.

Dismantle FDA. Put Food and Agriculture together.

Put Medicine in a separate Department.

Ask the families of those 15 people if they feel it is an unwarranted effort. Not only that, it is a long and painful death.

we are only talking bout 3 months out of the year. There are crabbing seasons, hunting seasons, and fishing seasons. All put in place for a reason. Now there is an oyster season.


No one should have to die from.....food.

Get over it.

Wow!!!

Wow!!!

I live 20 minutes from Apalachicola where a large majority of the US's Oysters come from!! This would CRUSH the economy here!

My opinion is that this stems from three things!! All have to do with MONEY and Politics!

1. Just yesterday, there was an open forum hosted by FSU about Near-Shore Oil Drilling. One of the big obstacles to the drilling is the environmental impact on the coastline, fisheries, and oyster beds!

2. This area has been in an extended fight with Georgia (mostly Atlanta) about water rights! The more water they extract up north, the less fresh water gets into Apalachicola Bay, and the more bacteria and algae we get, and the fish, Manatee, and Oyster's suffer from it! This may be a back door route to water rights!

3. Real Estate development and Tax Revenue! There is a recent push to preserve coastline and Marinas from outrageous tax hikes. A piece of coast land used for condos and hotels can generate a lot more tax income and revenue than a Marina. The voters have overwhelmingly voted to protect the Marinas from the tax hikes, keep zoning laws strict, and keep developers out of our most quaint towns. This may be a backdoor tactic to force these guys out of business and take over the Real Estate!

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!

This makes me sad and mad, and I am going for some Oysters as soon as I get off work!!

Originally posted by nixie_nox
Ask the families of those 15 people if they feel it is an unwarranted effort. Not only that, it is a long and painful death.

we are only talking bout 3 months out of the year. There are crabbing seasons, hunting seasons, and fishing seasons. All put in place for a reason. Now there is an oyster season.


No one should have to die from.....food.

Get over it.

15 people???? Long and painful????

Do you know anything about Oysters, or food allergies?

Way more people die from food allergies, bee stings, wheat, etc..! I have an employee that has to go to the doctor everytime somebody burns popcorn anywhere in the building!! Should we ban popcorn!!

I eat Oysters almost daily! I know about 200,000 other people around here that do the same thing, and I have never heard of a single person getting sick!

Now, I know a whole lot of people that have gotten sick after eating smoked chicken, or McD's, or frozen dinners.......

If you don't know anything about the subject at hand, there are plenty of other threads that might by your 2 cents worth!

I don't know what part of the Gulf of Mexico they harvest oysters. Hopefully not from Galveston Bay here in TX. I wouldn't eat anything that comes out of that nasty water.

Just my 2-cents

Does no one remember the old saying about eating raw Oysters?

"Don't eat oysters in a month that doesn't have the letter "r" in it." Pretty much from May-August.

I like oyster's occasionally, but not raw and never in months without an "r".

I know and accept the risks of eating raw oysters. I've never been sick, but had a buddy get salmonella once that put him out of commission for awhile. This is just another excuse to spray more crap on the food we eat. The odds are probably worse you'll get hit by a car on the side of the road for no reason.

SH.

Peace

[edit on 29-10-2009 by Dr Love]

The FDA is promoting a ban because high-risk groups are not heeding warnings about raw oysters, and millions of other people may not know they are vulnerable.

The anti-bacterial process treats oysters with a method similar to pasteurization, using mild heat, freezing temperatures, high pressure and low-dose gamma radiation.

Sooooooooo,

15 people per year, ignore the warnings posted EVERYWHERE, they know they are "high risk" people, they eat them anyway, and they get reactions.

To protect 15 Idiots, we are going to enact billion dollar legislation, ruin a tradition, and subject millions of people to gamma radiation?

Sounds about right for the FDA to me!

Originally posted by getreadyalready

Originally posted by nixie_nox
Ask the families of those 15 people if they feel it is an unwarranted effort. Not only that, it is a long and painful death.

we are only talking bout 3 months out of the year. There are crabbing seasons, hunting seasons, and fishing seasons. All put in place for a reason. Now there is an oyster season.


No one should have to die from.....food.

Get over it.

15 people???? Long and painful????

Fever
Chills
Decreased blood pressure
Septic shock
Blistering skin lesions


Yea, those blistering skin lesions are just a field day! I hope I get some.
I hope i get septic shock for Christmas.

So your deciding that the number of people involved is indicative of whether it is a problem or not? I find it disturbing that you are ready to quickly dispose of 15 people to protect your personal indulgence.

Do you know anything about Oysters, or food allergies?

apparently you don't if you ond't know how this bacteria kills people. It is not just a little food poisoiing, it is a serious bacteria.

Way more people die from food allergies, bee stings, wheat, etc..! I have an employee that has to go to the doctor everytime somebody burns popcorn anywhere in the building!! Should we ban popcorn!!

Many offices ban popcorn anyways because it stinks up the office and ruins the microwave. And many ban perfume because people have allergies. I would say that is not very friendly work environment if you can't tell people to not make popcorn if it makes someone ill till they have to go to the doctor. If that story is even true.

This isn't a competition of what kills how many people. Like I said, a lot MORE people used to die of mundane things till regs were put into place to protect people.

Just because your partial to the food involved, doesn't make the situation any less important. YOur like a kid being told ice cream is bad for you and you can't eat it for dinner.

I eat Oysters almost daily! I know about 200,000 other people around here that do the same thing, and I have never heard of a single person getting sick!

ever meet anyone who has gotten sick from e coli? probably not. they may have though they had the stomache bug. People get sick and don't realize it was a stomache bug. Some food borne illnesses can take weeks to show up. You would never associate it with something you ate.
Personal experience doesn't negate the rule.

Now, I know a whole lot of people that have gotten sick after eating smoked chicken, or McD's, or frozen dinners.......

and your point is????

If you don't know anything about the subject at hand, there are plenty of other threads that might by your 2 cents worth!

Maybe you should go post on the Disney or Yahoo site if you can't be more mature about your posting.

Originally posted by getreadyalready

The FDA is promoting a ban because high-risk groups are not heeding warnings about raw oysters, and millions of other people may not know they are vulnerable.

The anti-bacterial process treats oysters with a method similar to pasteurization, using mild heat, freezing temperatures, high pressure and low-dose gamma radiation.

Sooooooooo,

15 people per year, ignore the warnings posted EVERYWHERE, they know they are "high risk" people, they eat them anyway, and they get reactions.

What warnings? And when people are told they have a disease, they are usually working out medicatiosn adn doctors visits, I highly doubt anyone takes the time to tell them not to eat oysters.

To protect 15 Idiots, we are going to enact billion dollar legislation, ruin a tradition, and subject millions of people to gamma radiation?

No one is forcing anyone to eat raw oysters. But, we will keep killing off 15 people to keep you happy.

Sounds about right for the FDA to me!

So should I tell all the food inspectors to not bother taking temperatures of the food at restaurants? Or to remove dented cans from school storage rooms? Or that sea food doesn't have to be refrigerated? Or that companies can put what they want in food and not even have to label it. Or that drug makers don't have to test medications before putting them on the market.

I swear, I wish bureaucrats would stop protecting stupid people. How will we ever advance our gene pool?

Seriously though, enough already. Chalk another one up to the Nanny State.

(BTW, getreadyalready, GA needs the water too... )