The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that shellfish in certain regions could contain harmful toxins with a paralytic effect. The shellfish come from the Pacific Northwest region, ...

The light of the October full moon bounced across the surface of Washington’s Similk Bay. Stuart Thomas stood ankle-deep in the ebbing tide, flipping black mesh bags filled with oysters. He opened a ...

Paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, is a growing concern for Alaska’s entire marine food web, according to a scientist who presented testing data at Alaska Forum on the Environment on Monday. Bruce ...

There's no time like the present to learn how to shuck an oyster. Trust us, once you have the proper tools, it's easier than you think! The city of Charleston, South Carolina, has plenty of ...

(WVVA) - Federal health officials say raw oysters are linked to an ongoing multistate Salmonella outbreak and are urging ...

Scientists have assessed the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods for norovirus in shellfish. They found such techniques are ready to substitute current methods despite some limitations.

Two people have reportedly died after eating raw oysters that were caught in Louisiana waters. Rodney Jackson of Dallas, a 55-year-old Air Force veteran purchased oysters from a seafood market in ...

Authorities in Ireland and New Zealand have issued warnings about consumption of collected shellfish in the past week. The Marine Institute in Ireland detected amounts of naturally occurring compounds ...

Here are the violations reported in food safety inspection reports from Montgomery County conducted the week of Oct. 21-27, 2023. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports for retail food and ...

Kodiak Island had the most cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning in Alaska over the last nearly 30 years, according to a wide-ranging April report by state health authorities. The state’s latest data ...

If you have a shellfish allergy, you’ll want to avoid the types of shellfish you are allergic to. Also, be mindful that most people who have an allergy to one type of shellfish may also have an ...