California Warns Consumers Not To Eat Some Shellfish And Viscera Of Sardines, Anchovies And Crab From Southern California Coast

California Warns Consumers Not To Eat Some Shellfish And Viscera Of Sardines, Anchovies And Crab From Southern California Coast: "SACRAMENTO - Consumers should not eat sport-harvested species of bivalve (two-shelled) shellfish, sardines and anchovies, or the organs, or viscera, of sport-harvested or commercially sold lobster or crab taken from the coast of San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties because they may be contaminated with domoic acid, a naturally occurring toxin that can cause human illness, State Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Horton warned today. Dogs, cats, birds and other household pets are also susceptible to domoic acid poisoning and should not be fed these products."