Health officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, are requiring area restaurants to cook oysters harvested in that province before serving them. Only oysters harvested outside of British Columbia may be served raw at this time, according to a statement issued Aug. 12 by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
Public health ordered this step in response to an ongoing outbreak of Vibrioparahaemolyticus infection related to consumption of raw oysters harvested in BC.