If you’re planning on cooking some shellfish for a long-weekend meal, you might need to take a second look at where you’re buying it from and how you’re cooking it.
The province’s deputy chief medical officer of health warning New Brunswickers’ when you buy your shellfish, make sure it’s from an approved vendor, since some areas are closed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans due to levels of bacteria and toxins.
Dr. Denis Allard tells CHSJ news you also need to cook your seafood properly and the sooner you eat it, the better, if you don’t cook right away it will start to spoil and bacteria will multiply.
Allard adds consequences range from vomiting to even loosing memory or becoming paralysed.
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