FDA warns of toxin in Maine lobster liver
Eat Maine lobster, but leave the tomalley - the soft green liver - says FDA. Red tide in Atlantic waters from Canada to South Carolina may have deposited toxin that could cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. And: Florida lawmakers push for red tide research (click 'See also').
The Associated Press; U.S. News & World Report 2008-07-28
Categories: Food Safety, HEALTH & NUTRITION
Index: algae bloom, Allen Boyd, Apalachicola Bay, Connie Mack IV, Donald Anderson, Eun Kyung Kim, Florida, liver, paralytic shellfish poisoning, red tide, Redneck Riviera, tomalley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution