Malaysia: Numerous cases of food poisoning due to eating clams.

The Straits Times quoted Wan Aznan Abdullah, Deputy Director of the Malaysian Fisheries Department, as saying that water and mussel samples from the coastal waters of Port Dickson in Negeri Sembilan state in western Malaysia were contaminated with biotoxins and harmful algae species such as Prorocentrum, Alexandrium, and Pseudonitzschia.

The Malaysian Fisheries Department advises people not to eat mussels originating from Port Dickson for at least the next 20 days. Authorities will continue to monitor and conduct regular checks until the cell density in the water decreases and no biotoxins are detected in these mussels, and will coordinate with the police to ensure there is no harvesting or sale of shellfish in the area.

Previously, the Negeri Sembilan State Health Department reported eight cases of food poisoning related to eating mussels, including two cases requiring intensive hospitalization.

VIET KHUE

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/malaysia-nhieu-ca-ngo-doc-thuc-pham-do-an-trai-post734051.html