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ShellfishHarvestersBrochure

Title & Link to Document:
Shellfish Safety for Harvesters

Summary:
Brochure that describes when, where and how to harvest shellfish safety, contact information for DFO to find out about beach closures, safe cooking, transport and storage of shellfish and types of illnesses caused by shellfish: ASP, PSP, hepatitis A, norovirus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Publication Date:
June 26, 2009

Audience: All

Category: Health Education & Events - Educational Materials

Display content in the following areas:
Topic: Drug & Poison Information; Food & Your Health; Health & Your Environment; Preventing Infection

Disease / Condition: Hepatitis A; Norovirus / Norwalk-like virus; Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning; Vibrio parahaemolyticus


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Last Updated: April 1, 2010