Fifty-two percent of people who responded to a Daily Report poll say they are against a new federal policy that will ban the sale of untreated Gulf oysters during the summer months. Thirty-eight percent of people who participated in the online survey say they support the plan, which would only allow the sale of the shellfish unless they were treated to destroy bacteria. Ten percent were undecided. Nearly 1,100 people participated in the survey. The FDA policy, which takes effect in 2011, will require oysters harvested from Louisiana, Texas and Florida from May to October to undergo post-production processing to kill the bacteria.
Today’s question: Should the East Baton Rouge Parish Library cancel plans to build a branch in the Rouzan development?
