People who fell ill after eating raw or partly-cooked Coromandel mussels have prompted a warning about food poisoning. There has been an increase in cases linked to commercially grown mussels from the Coromandel area, a Ministry for Primary Industries statement said. The mussels were bought in the shell and were eaten raw or had not been thoroughly cooked, New Zealand Food Safety director of food regulation Paul Dansted said. READ MORE:* Pizza Hut asks customer for medical certificate to prove food poisoning* Food poisoning warning as Coromandel mussel growing area closed* Yersinia infection still a mystery after 2014 outbreak in NZTesting is under way to work out what strain caused this illness. Anyone who feels unwell after eating raw mussels should contact their doctor immediately, he said.

Source: Stuff June 24, 2020 19:52 UTC