Restaurants and food retailers in Hawaii (HI) and California (CA) that have recently purchased individually quick frozen (IQF) oysters, product of Central Fisheries Co., LTD, Republic of Korea (ROK) (KR 6 SP), harvested on 2/28/2023, from Designated Area No. 2, with a use by date of 2/28/2025 and Lot Code # C-20230228.

Consumers in HI

The Timeline:

The week started with 41 reports of ill diners, which led to the closure of El Toro in Tacoma’s Westgate neighborhood Monday.

The restaurant reopened Tuesday after sanitizing and taking other preventive measures.

By Wednesday, reports of ill customers had extended to its sister restaurant in University Place and that location also closed