The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that shellfish in certain regions could contain harmful toxins with a paralytic effect. The shellfish come from the Pacific Northwest region, ...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska fisheries biologist Jen Hamblen empties blue mussel meat into a blender in 2016. (Emily Russell/KCAW) For millennia, people in Southeast Alaska have relied on the sea for ...

The FDA issued a warning last week that shellfish originating from growing areas in Netarts Bay and Tillamook Bay, Oregon, may be contaminated with the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, ...

Food allergies are serious business. According to Dr. Michael C. Young, assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, approximately 11.4 million Americans (4 percent) have food allergies, ...

Kodiak Island had the most cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning in Alaska over the last nearly 30 years, according to a wide-ranging April report by state health authorities. The state’s latest data ...

Oregon officials are barring all razor-clam, bay-clam and mussel harvesting along the state’s coast due to historically high levels of a potentially deadly toxin in local shellfish, the Oregon ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Two separate seafood recalls were issued this week for ...

Shellfish include various mollusks, oysters, and crustaceans that are highly rich in antioxidants, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids. Following the rise in shellfish consumption rates throughout the ...