Old Ebbitt Grill typically serves a whopping 3,000 oysters a day, but they temporarily halted the sale of uncooked oysters following the discovery of vibrio bacteria in several bivalves during routine testing.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25, 2019: Bartender Vinnie Ochoa holds a dozen Lucky Lime Oysters at Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, DC on March 25, 2019. , has temporarily halted the sale of uncooked oysters following the discovery of vibrio bacteria in several bivalves during routine testing.
All six DC-area Clyde’s restaurants also have paused their raw oyster programs over the past 10 days.say that samples from four varieties of oysters tested positive for vibrio—a bacteria that causes vomiting and diarrhea, and in rare instances can be fatal—after being sent to a partner lab in Boulder, Colorado. The tainted oysters were Pemaquid , Dixon Point , Belle De Jour , and Wellfleet .
Oyster testing isn’t common among individual restaurants, though governmental agencies and fisheries will monitor water quality and shellfish populations for risk of contamination. Restaurants also keep “shell tags” on file—which contain information about an oyster’s origin and shipping—to help trace instances of foodborne illness. Surveillance hasn’t always been so rigorous.
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