23 July 2008

If you like to eat lobster...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is reminding consumers not to eat lobster tomalley, the soft green substance found in the body cavity of lobsters, because this part of the lobster can build up high levels of toxins and other pollutants.In past years, DPH has warned consumers against eating lobster tomalley because it can accumulate high levels of toxins such as polychlorinated biphenyl compounds or PCBs.Recent reports from the Maine Department of Marine Resources also indicated the presence of high levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin in some tomalley from lobsters in that state.

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