Crab meat from Venezuela has been found to be the reason for an outbreak of a foodborne illness that’s sicked 12 people across three states and the District of Columbia, WVUE-TV (New Orleans) is reporting.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacterial illness that sometimes turns up in seafood. And as of this writing, it’s turned up in Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Of the 12 people sickened by the bacterium, four have been hospitalized, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
This time around, it turned up in crab meat that originated in Venezuela. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) authorities are currently trying to pin down how the bacterium entered the supply and to where it was distributed.
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