Spain detects norovirus in oysters from France. The alert, classified as "serious" risk, affects curly oysters of the species Crassostrea gigas.
There would be two people affected after consuming this product and their symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. However, the alert points out that the product "presumably is no longer on the market. " The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Union (Rasff) has issued in recent hours an alert regarding the presence of norov virus genogroup I and II.