Restaurant Law Group

Bantry Bay mussels
The FDA has issued a warning against eating Bantry Bay (Ireland) Seafood’s mussels because of certain naturally occuring toxins that could cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps.
The toxins, known as azaspiracid, cannot be destroyed by freezing or cooking. Two people in Washington state became ill from the mussels, prompting the FDA to [...]

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has developed an “automated underwater cell analyzer” aka “cytobot” to seek out harmful algae. The cytobot detected the influx of harmful algae in the Gulf of Mexico last month which led to the temporary suspension of shellfish harvesting off the coast of Texas and prevented human consumption of contaminated shellfish. [...]

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