> This was the first oyster farm to feature an inventive “depuration and purification” process, which involves immersing the oysters in triple-filtered seawater once they reach full size. This ensures that the oysters are a completely safe, top-quality delicious shellfish product.
> That’s a really convoluted way to say they rinse them off in clean water.
It's more than rinsing them off. Oysters are filter feeders. They need to spend enough time in clean water to pump out any contaminants. It's an FDA regulated process:
Anyway, seafood comes from the ocean. I don’t see why they would be worse than other oysters.