Fièvre typhoide et coquillages

Numerous scientific works, some of which have been dealt with here, have demonstrated the important part played by the soiled shellfishes in the spreading of the typhoid fever. These works resulted in a stricter regulation of the fishery, the production and the commercialization of shellfishes, especially oysters; a regulation whose terms have been summarized and specified in the July 31, 1923 decree. This text focuses mainly on oyster production. Some of its articles, which deal with the freshness guarantee and the prohibition of some practices likely to soil the molluscs, either on the stalls or in the warehouse, can apply to all shellfishes. However, the decree's key article, requiring a healthy certificate of origin is only applicable to oysters.