(Source: New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Wednesday 19 December, 2012 People are risking their lives when they take and eat shellfish from areas where warnings are in place, the Ministry for Primary Industry (MPI) warns. With algal blooms occurring on both coasts of the North Island causing some shellfish to become poisonous, MPI Principal Adviser Animal Products Jim Sim says it is vital that people heed warnings. "We have already seen people in the Bay of Plenty admitted to intensive care after eating shellfish contaminated with paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins, and if toxin levels rise much further we could be...
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