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FDA Issues Warning on Toxic Fish in Gulf of Mexico

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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning this week to seafood processors regarding toxic fish in the Gulf of Mexico, after several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning were confirmed.

The letter from the FDA was sent Tuesday and warns seafood processors that fish such as grouper, snapper, amberjack and barracuda feed on fish that have eaten toxin marine algae, which makes them a threat to consumers, the Associated Press reported.

The toxic fish were all harvested in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the FDA said, near the coast of Texas and Louisiana.

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