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Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) comprise a suite of potent neurotoxins, principally saxitoxin and its analogues, produced by certain marine dinoflagellates and freshwater cyanobacteria. These toxins ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people in parts of Quebec’s North Shore of the presence of a paralytic ...

The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of, and consumers not to eat, certain oysters from Dailyfresh Shellfish Inc. The implicated Oregon health ...

The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of, and consumers not to eat, certain oysters from Dailyfresh Shellfish Inc. The implicated oysters are from lot ...

There’s nothing more summery than shucking some oysters, but you might want to think twice before you slurp them down—or at least check where your haul is coming from first. That’s because some ...

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are a suite of potent guanidinium neurotoxins produced by marine dinoflagellates and freshwater cyanobacteria. These compounds accumulate in filter‐feeding bivalves ...

Another Washington waterway is closed for shellfish harvesting. The Washington State Department of Health says it discovered paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in Skagit Bay. It was discovered in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

As the official start of summer approaches, federal officials are warning Americans to take extra precautions when eating oysters and clams to avoid a potentially deadly illness known as paralytic ...