The FDA is advising consumers not to eat and restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of Lots B231126, B240103, and B240214 of frozen, raw, half-shell oysters processed by JBR (KR 15 SP) in Tongyeongsi, Republic of Korea on Nov. 27, 2023, Jan. 4, 2024, and Feb.

15, 2024, and shipped to distributors in California because they may be contaminated with norovirus. Frozen oysters have a long shelf life, so the FDA is recommending that restaurants, other businesses and consumers check their freezers for the implicated oysters. Also, JJBR (KR-15-SP) Tongyeong, Republic of Korea (ROK) is recalling frozen half-shell oysters with lot number B231227 because they may be contaminated with norovirus.

The recalled oysters were harvested from ROK Designated Area No. 1 on Dec. 27, 2023.

They were processed by JBR (KR-15-SP) in Tongyeong, ROK on Dec. 28, 2023, as frozen half-shell oysters, with lot number B231227. These oysters were distributed by Khee Trading, Inc.

(Compton, CA), which is also recalling these oysters. It is believed that these frozen oysters were further distributed to numerous locations in other states. On May 15, 2024, JC Foods Inc.

, of Salt Lake City, UT initiated a voluntary recall of frozen half shell oysters, lot number B231227, that had been distributed to their retail customers in Utah. Retailers should not serve or sell, and consumers should not eat frozen half-shell oysters with lot number B231227 that were processed by JBR of ROK on 12/28/.