The two opposition leaders asked why there was a 2-day delay between the halt on
shipments and the public alert about mussel contamination-2 days during which several …

A Ithough explosive outbreaks ofserious dis-ease secondary to the consumption of con-
taminated food are rare, their control re-quires effective and rapid action. Despite the …

" As at present carried on"(ie, the shelifish trade)" nobody who realizes the meaning of clean
food could possibly recommend shellfish for eating, and I venture to think that did the buying …

DURING a recent visit to the Louisiana coast, two friends expressed a craving for raw
oysters. We reacted by citing a litany of diseases they could acquire by eating this delicacy …

Few, if any, outbreaks of the peculiar mussel poisoning have been recorded of recent years,
so this extensive and very comprehensively investigated outbreak is of particular interest …

2 outbreaks of mussel poisoning within a period of 3 years in Glasgow are reported in
considerable detail. The first in 1950 was in July and August; 28 cases were known but there …

Bivalve mollusks (oysters, clams, and mussels) filter large quantities of water unselectively
and thereby may concentrate a variety of aquatic contaminants pathogenic for man within …

Although no outbreak of mussel poisoning has ever been recorded in Australia the author
studied whether mussels along the Pacific Coast were poisonous in the summer during the …

Excerpt Poisoning from shellfish has become a little known clinical entity in this country
except in certain of the coastal areas, where sporadic cases appear. Not too many years ago …

IN 1936, Canadian public health offi-cials realized that there was a mussel poisoning
problem in Canada when'there occurred in Nova Scotia 5 cases with 2 deaths following the …