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East Cape shellfish health warning lifted

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New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) has removed its East Cape public health warning, which was issued due to elevated levels of paralytic shellfish toxins in rock lobster. 

“It’s great news that, just in time for Matariki, rock lobster can again safely be gathered from Tolaga Bay up to Hicks Bay,” NZFS deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle said. 

“A large algal bloom in the area ...


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