Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that ...

The advisory, released on November 27, 2024, warns against shellfish, particularly Alamang or Hipon, from the affected area to prevent poisoning caused by red tide. “To safeguard human lives, this ...

People are being warned not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from an area of the Bay of Plenty due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins. New Zealand Food Safety deputy director ...

It also includes Tauranga Harbour. Symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning include numbness and tingling, difficulty swallowing or breathing, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea and paralysis.

In a previous advisory, the BFAR said eating toxin contaminated-shellfish can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans. After ingestion, the poison affects the nervous system, with symptoms ...

are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that might help people harvest the clams more ...

The biotoxin, also known as paralytic shellfish poison, affects only creatures with central nervous systems, she says. Potentially lethal to humans, it doesn’t hurt sea urchins or other bivalve ...

According to health officials in Thurston County, high levels of the biotoxin that produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning were discovered in the area. The closure area includes Burfoot Park ...

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that ...

Harvesters should always check the shellfish safety map found online at the DOH website or by calling 1-800-562-5632 for a recorded hotline of biotoxin closures. More information is available on ...

“Shellfish collected and tested from (these areas) are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison or toxic red tide that is beyond the regulatory limit,” the agency said. It warned that all ...

BFAR-11 said water samples collected from Balite Bay tested positive for Pyrodinium bahamense, a toxic microorganism that causes paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or toxic red tide. Because of this, ...