Before you dig into that platter of freshly shucked oysters or baked clams at your favorite seafood restaurant, better make sure you know from where the shellfish originated. The U.S. Food and ...

The shells of clams, cockles, mussels and oysters should be tightly shut or should shut immediately if you tap them - when this type of shellfish die, they decompose quickly and may not be safe to ...

California health officials are warning the public not to eat sport-harvested shellfish from San Diego County due to high levels of a harmful algal toxin.

San Diego County warns against eating non-commercial shellfish due to toxic domoic acid levels found in local mussels.

NIST has developed a material made from geoduck tissue that will support more accurate measurements of arsenic in shellfish. This advancement will help agencies, testing laboratories, and seafood ...

In Santa Barbara County, a new warning has been issued for all residents who harvest shellfish locally. The California Department of Health (CDPH) says that bivalve shellfish harvested in the ...

Dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins (PSP) have been detected in mussels from Santa Barbara County, CDPH advised. Commercially harvested shellfish in restaurants, grocery ...

The alert was issued Wednesday after tests showed mussels from the county had a higher level of the paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins. The toxin could lead to PSP and domoic acid ...

The domoic acid, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning, has been detected locally in mussels and cannot be destroyed if cooked, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said on its ...