Domoic acid warning issued for sardines, anchovies from Monterey, Santa Cruz
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [SCOM] - April 11, 2014 - -
The California Department of Public Health is advising consumers not to eat commercially or recreationally-caught anchovy or sardines, or the internal organs of commercially or recreationally-caught crab from Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
There have been no reported illnesses at this point.
State health officials say dangerous levels of domoic acid were detected in some of these species and could be present in others. Anchovy and sardines are of concern because the toxin resides in their digestive tracks, and these fish aren't usually gutted before they are eaten.
This advisory is in addition to last week's warning not to eat recreationally harvested bivalve shellfish -- such as mussels, clams or whole scallops -- from Monterey and Santa Cruz counties due to dangerous levels of domoic acid in mussel samples. That warning doesn't apply to commercially sold clams, mussels, scallops or oysters from state-certified commercial shellfish harvesters and dealers.
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