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Toxins affecting shellfish body in Cork.
Tocsainí ag cur isteach ar chomhlacht sliogéisc i gCorcaigh.
A shellfish company on the Beara peninsula in Cork says the large number of toxins currently on the south-west coast are unusual and are forced to remove their oysters and mussels from the market.
Deir comhlacht sliogéisc ar leithinis Bhéarra i gCorcaigh go bhfuil an lear mór tocsainí atá ar chósta an iardheiscirt faoi láthair neamhghnáthach agus gurb éigean dóibh a gcuid oisrí agus diúilicíní a bhaint den mhargadh dá bharr.
Kush Shellfish Managing Director John Harrington said he had not seen the same before in terms of high levels of toxins in shellfish.
Dúirt Bainisteoir Stiúrtha Kush Shellfish, John Harrington nach bhfaca sé a leithéid roimhe seo ó thaobh leibhéal ard de thocsainí i sliogéisc.
Natural toxins are thought to cause great plankton blooms in the country’s seas.
Meastar gur bláthú mór planctón i bhfarraigí na tíre is cúis leis na toscainí nadúrtha.
One could have severe stomach aches if they consumed shellfish with the toxins in them.
Dfhéadfadh drochthinnis boilg teacht ar dhuine dá n-iosfaidís sliogéisc leis na tocsainí iontu.
Every week, fishermen with a shellfish license are required to send samples to the Marine Institute in Galway for testing.
Gach seachtain, bíonn ar iascairí a bhfuil ceadúnas sliogéisc acu samplaí a sheoladh chuig Foras na Mara i nGaillimh le haghaidh tastáil.
The testing program is run in conjunction with the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
Ritear an clár tastála i gcomhar leis an Údarás um Chosaint Iascaigh Mhara agus Údarás Sábháilteachta Bia na hÉireann.
The Marine Institute has issued an alert due to the high number of toxins on the country’s coast.
Tá foláireamh éisithe ag Foras na Mara mar gheall ar an líon ard toscainí ar chósta na tíre.
Shellfish on the west and southwest coast worst affected.
Sliogéisc ar chósta an iarthair agus an iardheiscirt is measa atá buailte.
The Marine Institute is asking people to buy shellfish from licensed vendors and well-known shops and not to remove mussels, clams, cockles or oysters from the shores of the country due to coastal toxins.
Tá Foras na Mara ag iarraidh ar dhaoine sliogéisc a cheannach ó dhíoltóirí le ceadúnas agus ó shiopaí aitheanta agus gan diúilicíní, breallaigh, ruacain nó oisrí a thógáil ó chladaigh na tíre mar gheall ar thocsainí atá le cósta.