Good news: lifting of the ban on the collection and marketing of oysters collected in the classified shellfish farming area of the Oualidia lagoon
HIBAPRESS-RABAT-(INRH)
The Technical Committee responsible for monitoring the marine environment and shellfish examined the results of analyses carried out by the National Institute for Fisheries Research (INRH) in the classified shellfish farming area of the Oualidia lagoon, showing a stability of the environment and a total purification of oysters in the said area, thus leading the Department of Maritime Fisheries to announce the lifting of the ban on the collection and marketing of oysters collected in the classified shellfish farming area of the Oualidia lagoon, in the El Jadida region.
Consequently, the Department recommends that consumers “only purchase packaged products, bearing health identification labels and sold in authorized points of sale (official markets)”, at a time when shellfish peddled or sold in bulk do not present any guarantee of healthiness and constitute a danger to public health.
