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Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-13:36

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The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Union (Rasff) has issued in recent hours an alert regarding the presence of

norovirus genogroup I and II

in oysters from France that was notified from Spain.

The alert, classified as "serious" risk, affects curly oysters of the species

Crassostrea gigas

, included in the category of bivalve mollusks and derived products.

According to the notification, 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

. "