date:Jan 10, 2014
Laboratory tests on Washington States exotic shellfish export, the geoduck clam, have found no evidence of unsafe or excessive levels of arsenic, rebutting claims made by Chinese food safety authorities that followed a sudden ban placed on U.S. shellfish from the west coast.
The ban has already devastated shellfish growers in Washington, Alaska, Oregon and Northern California, said Bill Dewey of Taylor Shellfish Farms in Washington. It also affects clams, oysters and other shellfish from U.S. w