Number of seafood products found that could cause illness rises fourfold in a year

The SFPA confirmed that during 2022, five incidents were due to suspected norovirus — also known as the Winter Vomiting Bug — in shellfish.

There has been a fourfold increase in the number of seafood products that did or could have caused illness to consumers, new figures show.

The statistics have prompted State agency watchdogs to organise a series of special workshops in the coming weeks to examine why this is happening.