Health & Fitness

Health Department Warns Residents of Toxic Seafood

Consumers should not eat recreationally caught or harvested mussels and clams, the agency warns.

The California Department of Public Health announced Friday that its updating its warning to consumers regarding seafood caught in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.

Consumers should not eat recreationally caught or harvested mussels and clams, as well as the internal organs of scallops and the internal organs of commercially or recreationally harvested anchovy, crabs and sardines because of elevated domoic acid levels, according to the CDPH.

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