Producers of shellfish in B.C. say they cutting jobs because of a month-long raw oyster ban in Vancouver.
The ban on the sale of raw oysters harvested locally was issued because the naturally occurring vibrio bacteria found in oysters grows more rapidly in warm temperatures, health officials said.
But Roberta Stevenson, executive director of the B.C. Shellfish Growers Association says producers are testing the oysters and they meet health requirements, so the ban should be lifted.
"They are tested five times more than they used to be with the new Health Canada guidelines that are more stringent. So we are 100 per cent confident that before those oysters leave that processing plant they are completely safe to eat," she said.
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