Toxin shellfish warning: risk paralysis, hospitalization.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has issued a stern warning to the public not eat white mussels and other shellfish washed up on the West Coast of the Western Cape. A large numbers of dead white mussels, whelks and other shellfish being washed up at St Helena Bay and Elands Bay on the West Coast over the past 48 hours. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Steve Lamberth, Senior Scientist for Inshore Resources at the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.