\u201cGenerally, the more algae there are in the water, the more toxic the shellfish get,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning can appear within 10 minutes to three hours of consumption. <\/p>\n
They include numbness or tingling around the mouth and extremities, difficulty swallowing or breathing, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, paralysis and respiratory failure.<\/p>\n
In severe cases, the illness can be fatal.<\/p>\n
While most shellfish should be avoided, p\u0101ua, crab and crayfish remain safe to eat only if the gut is completely removed before cooking, as toxins concentrate in the gut. <\/p>\n
Finfish are not affected, but New Zealand Food Safety advises gutting fish and discarding the liver before cooking.<\/p>\n
No illnesses have been reported so far. <\/p>\n
Anyone who becomes unwell after eating shellfish from the affected area should call Healthline on 0800 611 116 or seek immediate medical attention. <\/p>\n
People are also encouraged to contact their local public health unit and keep any leftover shellfish for testing.<\/p>\n
New Zealand Food Safety said it will continue monitoring shellfish toxin levels and will update the public as the situation changes. <\/p>\n
There are currently no other alerts in place.<\/p>\n
Commercially harvested shellfish \u2013 sold in shops and supermarkets or exported \u2013 is subject to strict water and flesh monitoring programmes by New Zealand Food Safety to ensure they are safe to eat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cGenerally, the more algae there are in the water, the more toxic the shellfish get,\u201d he said. Symptoms…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,33846,7972,110709,101896,11586,41244,74255,110710,8452,77,105687,564,2082,71,134,18087,5511,5983,47152,111,43,139,529,7977,69,384,1562,3109,2838,6302,18678,11408,101342,3055,26762,1455,80],"class_list":["post-171339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-along","tag-beach","tag-biotoxin","tag-bop","tag-coast","tag-coastline","tag-collect","tag-consume","tag-dangerous","tag-detected","tag-estuary","tag-food","tag-for","tag-from","tag-health","tag-issued","tag-just","tag-levels","tag-maket","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-north","tag-northern","tag-nz","tag-people","tag-plenty","tag-public","tag-routine","tag-safety","tag-shellfish","tag-testing","tag-toxin","tag-urging","tag-waih","tag-warning","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}