AUGUSTA (AP) – Maine health officials say tainted mussels that sent three people to the hospital came from an area that was closed to harvesting.
Officials say the two adults and a teen became sick within several hours of eating the mussels that came from an area that’d been closed to harvesting because of red tide. The mussels were taken by the people for personal use from a rope dangling from a pier.
The case marked the second time in a year in which Mainers were sickened by mussels contaminated with the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.
The Maine Bureau of Health says it’s important to get shellfish from certified dealers whose operations undergo rigorous public health screening and auditing.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.