Food
Sample Public Service Announcement
Vibrio vulnificus Health Education Kit
March 2004; updated October 2009
This document also available in Spanish
[ NAME OF YOUR AGENCY ]
OYSTER PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
| CONTACT: | [ Contact name ] |
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| [ Phone/email ] | |
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| STOP USE: | [ Month, date, year ] |
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YOU CAN GET SERIOUSLY ILL AND EVEN DIE AFTER EATING CONTAMINATED RAW OYSTERS. A FAVORITE DELICACY FOR MANY HISPANICS, EATING RAW OYSTERS CAN BE RISKY IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH CONDITION SUCH AS CANCER, DIABETES OR LIVER DISEASE. DRINKING TWO TO THREE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS A DAY CAN CAUSE LIVER DISASES. THE [ NAME OF YOUR AGENCY ] IS WARNING THE PUBLIC THAT PEOPLE WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS SHOULD AVOID CONSUMING RAW OYSTERS AT ALL COSTS.
THE [ NAME OF YOUR AGENCY ] RECOMMENDS THAT IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH PROBLEM YOU SHOULD AVOID RAW OYSTERS AND EAT COOKED OYSTERS INSTEAD. IF YOU EAT A RAW OYSTER AND FEEL SYMPTOMS WITHIN 24-48 HOURS SUCH AS DIARHEA, STOMACH CRAMPS, FEVER OR MUSCLE ACHES VISIT A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE [ NAME OF YOUR AGENCY ] AT INSERT [ PHONE NUMBER ].
THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE [ NAME OF YOUR AGENCY AND YOUR STATION ].