Laboratory tests on Washington state’s exotic shellfish export, the geoduck clam, have found no evidence of unsafe or excessive levels of arsenic, rebutting claims made by Chinese food safety authorities that followed a sudden ban placed on U.S. shellfish from the West Coast. The ban has already devastated shellfish growers
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China Bans Shellfish From U.S. West Coast for Arsenic and Toxin Levels
China has suspended imports of shellfish from the West Coast of the United States after finding high levels of arsenic and a toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning in recent shipments of geoduck clams from Northwest waters. The indefinite ban affects clams, oysters and all other two-shelled bivalves harvested off
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Illegal Geoduck Shipments Seized in Seattle
Washington State Fish & Wildlife officials were working in overdrive this week trying to track down geoducks — large, long-necked clams — that may have been improperly or unsafely harvested, King5 News reported Thursday.
“We are up to our necks in paperwork,” Washington State Fish & Wildlife Officer Tylar Stephenson
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