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Tests Show Washington State Shellfish Safe Following Chinese Ban

By James Andrews on January 9, 2014

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…
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China Bans Shellfish From U.S. West Coast for Arsenic and Toxin Levels

By News Desk on December 16, 2013

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…
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Illegal Geoduck Shipments Seized in Seattle

By News Desk on March 25, 2012

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.

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