are mussels safe yet?

Can we eat them this weekend? What is the website to check?

Quarantine ends November 1st.

As if the toxins know the calendar flips from October to November and all of a sudden disappear.  How does FDA/DFG/DEA/CHP/Caltrans/DDS/OBGYN justify the restriction.

seems kinda arbitrary

Yeah, I know. I bet they're safe to eat now. They probably put a month or two on either end of the quarantine to be sure we're in the safe zone.

As if the toxins know the calendar flips from October to November and all of a sudden disappear.  How does FDA/DFG/DEA/CHP/Caltrans/DDS/OBGYN justify the restriction.

seems kinda arbitrary

caltrans bases it off the OBGYN pap smear test results.....the DEA uses the DDS xray's and how much your gums bleed when they jab them with the sharp metal pick

Odd but true....

You can call the California Department of Health Services' toll-free Biotoxin Information line before taking any shellfish, and find out sport harvest quarantine areas for bivalve shellfish throughout California.

Their phone number is 800-553-4133, or 510-540-2605 if you are calling from Alameda or Contra Costa counties.

Well, there has been a lot of red tide in Monterey Bay recently. It came relatively later this year. So I wouldn't eat any mussels harvested from this area for another month.

Well, there has been a lot of red tide in Monterey Bay recently. It came relatively later this year. So I wouldn't eat any mussels harvested from this area for another month.

That's just what I was thinking.

cook up a batch and feed them to your mother in law, then observe.