FDA Backs Off Raw Oyster Ban..for now

This is good news. It seems as though the FDA has come to its senses on this subject. Although they have announced a delay in the ban, rather than scraping the plan altogether.

It seems that the most reported recent case of someone being harmed by the consumption of raw oysters is a man in Florida who ate a couple of raw oysters and was so sick that he had to get both legs amputated. It turns out that he had diabetes. Although that is a horrific tragedy--it seems to be an overboard reaction to a situation that rarely occurs. Most restaurants post warnings in the menu about the possible dangers of eating raw seafood and meat in their menus.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/health/policy/14oyster.html