FDA WARNS CONSUMERS AND RETAILERS OF BOTULISM RISK FROM UNGUTTED, SALT-CURED ALEWIVES FISH
December 12, 2008
December 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following press release:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning retailers and food service operators not to offer for sale ungutted, salt-cured alewives (also called gaspereaux fish) from Michel & Charles LeBlanc Fisheries Ltd., CAP-PEL�, New Brunswick, Canada, because the fish may contain the Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) toxin. Consumer . . .
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning retailers and food service operators not to offer for sale ungutted, salt-cured alewives (also called gaspereaux fish) from Michel & Charles LeBlanc Fisheries Ltd., CAP-PEL�, New Brunswick, Canada, because the fish may contain the Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) toxin. Consumer . . .