KUALA LUMPUR: Effective immediately, the Fisheries Department has prohibited the public in Melaka from consuming bivalves until the biotoxin reading reaches permissible levels and mussels are confirmed safe for consumption.In a statement on Friday( April 5), the department said that analyses conducted by its biosecurity laboratory on samples of mussels and water collected from Sebatu, Melaka, on Wednesday( April 3) revealed the presence of the Alexandrium species of algae, which poses health ris

PORT DICKSON: Mussels found in waters off the resort town here have been contaminated by dangerous biotoxins and are not safe for consumption, says the Fisheries Department. The public had also been advised against eating mussels and other bivalves such as lokan and lala harvested here for three weeks till they were certified safe to eat. Fisheries Department deputy director-general( management) Wan Aznan Abdullah said tests carried out by the Fisheries Biosecurity Centre showed the mussels harv

Some 663 arrest warrants were issued for people thought to be involved in the trade. Officers in 17 countries test batches of honey for fakes Fake honey has been in circulation since the 1970s when high-fructose corn syrup first became available.... In all, the dubious shellfish was worth €120 000 on the open market. Officers in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy and Spain also opened a series of new investigations into illegal horsemeat.... The influx of so much bad-quality foo

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--It’s time to agitate the oysters at St.... Each oyster filters 25 to 50 gallons( 95 to 190 liters) of water a day.... Spat glue themselves to larger oysters and grow....

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Manually removing mussels, with another invasive species offering an assist, has kept rocks clear.... By comparison, during peak migration, 30 million birds might fly over Illinois in a night.... Some acclimated with negligible — or even beneficial — consequences....