Bivalves from PD still unsafe for consumption, says Fisheries Department

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Bivalves from PD still unsafe for consumption, says Fisheries Department
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SEREMBAN: Samples of mussels taken for the fifth time from waters off Port Dickson show that the bivalves are still not safe for human consumption, says the Fisheries Department .

"The department will continue to monitor the situation and conduct tests based on provisions under the National Shellfish Sanitation Programme. The department said it has been working with the state’s fishermens' association and wholesalers to ensure all parties complied with the ruling prohibiting the sale of mussels harvested from waters off Port Dickson.On April 4, the department issued a ban on the harvesting and selling of mussels in Port Dickson after lab tests showed they had been contaminated by algae species from the Prorocentrum, Alexandrium, and Pseudo-nitzschia genera.

On April 2, eight cases of food poisoning, then believed to have been caused by eating mussels, were reported in the resort town.

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