{"id":34785,"date":"2021-12-08T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=34785"},"modified":"2021-12-08T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:46:40","slug":"word-of-the-day-751","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/12\/08\/word-of-the-day-751\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Depuration<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>depuration of the harvested bivalves in an approved depuration center (depuration is the reduction of microorganisms to a level acceptable for human consumption by the process of holding live bivalve mollusks for a period of time under approved, controlled conditions in natural or artificial seawater suitable for the process, which may be treated or untreated);<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/earth-and-planetary-sciences\/depuration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ScienceDirect<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg25233613-200-an-inside-look-at-oysters-and-how-to-enjoy-them-safely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>An inside look at oysters \u2013 and how to enjoy them safely<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; Sam Wong, <em><strong>NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (20 November 2021):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As filter-feeders, oysters can pick up pathogens lurking in the water. To reduce this risk, they are usually kept in clean water for 42 hours after harvesting in the UK, a process called depuration.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, this isn\u2019t completely effective \u2013 particularly with respect to norovirus, one of the most common causes of gastroenteritis. A 2017\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.food.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/document\/fs101068finrep_0.pdf\">report found that between 100 and 1000 copies of the norovirus genome may remain in each gram of oyster tissue after depuration<\/a>. Just 10 copies are thought to constitute an infectious dose.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depuration: depuration of the harvested bivalves in an approved depuration center (depuration is the reduction of microorganisms to a level acceptable for human consumption by the process of holding live bivalve mollusks for a period of time under approved, controlled conditions in natural or artificial seawater suitable for the process, \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/12\/08\/word-of-the-day-751\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34786,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34785\/revisions\/34786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}