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FDA Backs Off Oyster Ban After Strong Criticism

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration on Friday backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm-weather months.

The Food and Drug Administration said it would put the proposal on hold while it studies ways to make the popular shellfish safer.

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"They will pry my raw oysters from my cold dead hands" say some.

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    Reply#1 - Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:22 PM EST
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