The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to eat, and restaurants and food retailers not to sell, and to dispose of oysters harvested from Groton Approved area in Connecticut from Aug. 28–30, 2023, from dealers CT-393-SS, AQ, CT-004-SS, AQ and CT-020-SS, AQ with lots, L-30 and L-26B1 due to sample results showing potential contamination. On Aug. 31, 2023, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquaculture initiated an emergency precautionary closure of two approved harvest areas and recall of these oysters.
Oysters were directly distributed to retailers and distributors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Oysters may have been distributed further from these states.