ViagraOysters on The Menu

Mr. May crushed the tablets and sprinkled them on his oysters, (will we see an explosion of natural oysters being ordered in the restaurant I wonder!!) hoping the combination would in some way add some zest to the event & help speedup his return to normality. Hence the birth of ViagraOysters.

Mr. May approached struggling oyster farmers Royden Whitten and Barry Lambert to discuss whether it was possible to feed Viagra to growing oysters “Why don’t we feed oysters Viagra and make an ultimate aphrodisiac?” Mr. May asked. Oysters are filter feeders, so they grow by absorbing nutrients in the water. The farmers harvest the oysters and transfer them into tanks of Viagra-infused water.

A strange idea, but the process is very simple. Feed the oysters in a breeding ground until they acquire a suitable size, next they are transferred to a compartment where certain doses of Viagra dissolved in the water are added along with the other nutrients until the oysters reach the adapted size to be processed.

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Mr. May claims tests have proven the oysters show trace elements of sildenafil citrate — the active ingredient in Viagra. The farmers have worked out the special way of giving the oysters the Viagra and they have copyrighted the process. They have also registered the name “ViagraOysters” and are now preparing to export them to the Asian market.The oysters - registered under the name ViagraOysters - could have a big market in Asia and the farmers reckon that that they could sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth every year.

If only it was that easy. Pfizer the manufacturer of Viagra has launched a legal challenge to the registration of the name ViagraOysters and say that the promotion of the ViagraOysters is illegal. The farmers are now preparing to take on one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies in the courts and hope that they will be allowed to sell their products in Asia. In the meantime the court battle will give the struggling oyster farmers a media boost which could be a marketing dream.

While the research and development of their product is still in its early stages, the NSW food authority says its unlikely Viagra Oysters will be approved for sale in Australia. Viagra is a prescription drug and therefore oysters containing traces of the drug would not be permitted for general sale. This is not good news for the farmers as the Asian market already has demanded the first produced lot. The farmers will have to find another way to prepare the ViagraOysters. Or to setup the company in another country, preferably Asia. Maybe they will need to find an alternative to the powerful drug.

Viagra is a prescription medicine and should only be taken with advice from a doctor and that these ViagraOysters have not been proven to be safe and should not be consumed, so please be aware of ViagraOysters on the menu next time you are out for dinner…..

Extracts from ninemsn news & france 24.