Toxic Lobster Warning from FDA - Dangerous levels of the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)

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FDA is warning consumers to avoid eating tomalley in American lobster (also called Maine lobster), regardless of where the lobster was harvested, because of potential contamination with dangerous levels of the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). These types of lobster are harvested from the Atlantic Ocean from Northeastern Canada to South Carolina. The FDA advisory applies only to tomalley -- the soft, green substance found in the body cavity of the lobster that functions as the liver and pancreas. Cooking does not eliminate the PSP toxins.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01866.html