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 ...

Oysters have been around for a while. Estimates put the shellfish at around 300 million years old, at least, and humans have been enjoying them for centuries. Oyster cultivation was invented by ...

Shellfish sensitization in adults was linked to younger age, male sex and area-based socioeconomic disadvantage, according to ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...