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Oyster / Αχιβάδες

Keep the oyster alive as long as possible, to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination.

About 100 people die from vibrio infections (including from vibrio vulnificus) each year, about 450 die from salmonella. Plus, the FDA requires that oyster farms have to test water quality before sending oysters out to markets and restaurants. And that's important, because oysters are filter feeders. They soak up basically anything that's in the water around them — including fecal matter which can come from rain runoff.