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FDA WARNS OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH SOLD TO RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS, INCLUDING IN CALIFORNIA

Story and file photo by Miriam Raftery
 
June 11, 2024 (San Diego) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers, restaurants and food retailers not to eat, serve or sell oysters, clams and other shellfish recently harvested from specific areas in Oregon and Washington due to contamination with a toxin that causes paralytic poisoning, which can cause death quickly if untreated, especially in children.
 
The potentially contaminated items include:

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