....and just how much Death and Disease was caused by contaminated oysters harvested —> IN <— Florida?
The way I read this, they ALL came from somewhere OUT of state, but the article makes it sound like it’s a Florida problem.
Poor journalism...
Florida’s Apalachicola Bay oyster beds are SHUT DOWN until 2025.................
It's what these chains do, you could have top-shelf oysters from Apalachicola on one part of the menu, but on the next page, as part of a fried seafood basket, or as a stuffing staple, those oysters might be from the commercial LaTex oyster farms or worse.
If even one of those nuggets or that stuffed dover sole didn't sustain 165F dead-center for three minutes, Vibrio lives on. No one is watching the cook times in some of these joints. "Ohp dem fries is burnin', dump them out. How long dis sole been undah dah broiler? Is dat stuffin? Whatevah, good enough."
And then you ask and the waitress is unsure, the asst manager is unsure, the chef knows but he's out back getting high.