Monterey – The California Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it lifted toxic shellfish health advisories for Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, as well as for Tomales Bay in Marin County.
According to the Department of Public Health, recent tests indicate shellfish in these areas are now safe to consume. The advisories warned consumers not to eat recreationally harvested bivalve shellfish, such as mussels, clams or whole scallops, due to dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning. The internal organs of crabs from these areas were included in the advisories. Monterey County’s advisory was issued Dec. 16, with an advisory issued for San Luis Obispo County the following week. The Tomales Bay advisory was issued in February.
There were no reported illnesses associated with the recent levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins, which are naturally occurring.
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