The shellfish are currently tested daily by RIKILT and IMARES investigates the source of the contamination in the Oosterschelde and the possibilities of purifying mussels and oysters. Other tested ...

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Scientists have detected high levels of a toxin produced by freshwater algae in mussels from San Francisco Bay. Although shellfish harvested from California’s coastal waters are monitored for toxins ...

A group of coastal Alaska Native tribes in 2016 began monitoring shellfish, a traditional harvest, for deadly biotoxins because the state only tests commercial harvests. The program fills an essential ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Agriculture recently announced the closure of mussel harvesting throughout the entire Oregon coast. The agencies also announced ...

For the first time, scientists have made a definite link between the toxin produced by algae that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning and marine mammal deaths. Fur seals found dead last August on ...

New Zealand Food Safety (NZSF) is urging the public not to eat shellfish collected from the Taranaki coast after the discovery of paralytic shellfish toxins. NZSF said routine tests on mussels have ...

SAN DIEGO — County and state health officials are warning residents not to eat locally sport-harvested bivalve shellfish due to dangerous levels of domoic acid detected in mussels in the area. "This ...

New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Bay of Plenty coast, from Maketu Beach to Waihi Beach, due to the presence of toxins.

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