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.

Originally posted by eradown
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Oysters contain testosterone. Someone wants to be sure body builders get some melamine with their oysters. This can not be done if people buy oysters raw.Nothing the FDA does surprises me any more.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by nixie_nox

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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.

Isn't this exactly what the FDA does?

If we banned everything that killed at least 15 people, we would all starve! Do you think there is anything out there that doesn't kill at least 15 people per year?

Bulls kill 3 people a year. As does mountain lions (1) and scorpians one every other year. No one has died of rabies in recent years. I was just reading that 9 people drowned in a beer flood. I think that if it is your time to go, there could be worse things.

My wife was diagnosed with Celiac's Disease (Gluten Allergy). It caused both our babies to be premature, and caused her a lot of auto immune problems before it was diagnosed. Now we know that it is fairly common, and just about every food out there has Gluten in it!

I am very familiar with celiacs as I have done the celiac walk in my area, and have done baking for a relative that has a severe case of it. I am very sorry to hear your wife has it, as I know what a PITA it can be. But they think far more people have it then is diagnosed.

So, should the FDA ban 85% of the food in the grocery store? Celiacs has killed far more than 15 people!!

It is not a widely known problem, is not looked for by the medical community and people are not educated on it. But it is becoming more widely known and a lot of foods are now getting labeled when they contain wheat products. hell, even vanilla extract has gluten in it.

Now, of the food that is left for her to eat, it is mostly meat, dairy, nuts, seeds, and raw vegetables. So e. coli is rampant in most of those foods, e. coli has killed way more than 15 people, so we should ban all of those as well?

90%-95% of food born illnesses and contamination are due to human error, e coli by itself rarely causes a problem. Which is why hand washing in food preperation is so important.

Now, my poor little 90 lb wife is going to starve to death!!

Shame you don't live in my area, we have a gluten free bakery.

Luckily, we live near the beach, and we can eat all those Deadly Oyster's that they can no longer sell!!

.I knew there was a personal interest in this. Again, the situation is being overstated. For only three months out of the year, the oysters have to be frozen or pasteurized. You still get to eat raw oysters for another nine months.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by nixie_nox

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Nixie,

People that have a compromised Immune system, KNOW they have a compromised immune system! And....the doctors ALWAYS tell them to avoid raw foods! (Sushi, Oysters, Rare meat, unwashed vegetables, etc.)

I am telling you, when you have conditions, the medical community isn't as informative as you think.

I was diagnosed a year ago with early onset high blood pressure. YOu would think this is unusual. What do I get? Medication and told to watch my salt. THAT IS IT

I didn't even know that cough medicines can shoot your blood pressure. Or that even an anti anflammatory can raise blood pressure. Between all my doctors and pharamacist, who I see frequnetly, never been told once.

Plus, why should the millions of Oyster eaters have to suffer, or be exposed to Radiation just for a handful of people's ineptitude?

hahah I appreciate your sense of humor.

Shame you don't live in my area, we have a gluten free bakery.

By The Associated Press
November 13, 2009, 1:36PM
WASHINGTON -- Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration today backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm weather.

In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers it will put the proposal on hold while it studies ways to make consumption of raw oysters more safe, according to several lawmakers.

The oyster industry -- as well as Democrats and Republicans across the Gulf -- blasted the plan as unnecessary government meddling. They said it could have killed a $500 million industry and thousands of jobs.

"By reversing course, the FDA has acknowledged that its original plan was unreasonable and that we need a commonsense approach to protecting the small number of at-risk consumers," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who said FDA Commissioner Peggy Hamburg informed her of the decision by telephone.