date:May 31, 2012
a and fatal cardiovascular shock. These toxins may be found in mussels, softshell clams, oysters, lobsters, crabs, herring, salmon and many other species in US waters.
The news follows the recent announcement by the UK's Food Standards Agency that the use of mice for routine shellfish toxin testing in the UK has been completely replaced by a high-tech, animal-free method. PETA US and PETA UK worked together to lobby UK and EU authorities on this issue over a number of years. EU law was amended