HI everyone:
I was contacted by someone with our state health department who
was following up on a consumer complaint. The person and a
companion ordered and ate orders of deep fried, breaded, whole
belly clams, prepared on site. The person in question ate two that
tasted (or smelled, perhaps) in his words, like "mothballs" or
camphor. The rest of his clams, and those of his companion's
tasted fine. The restaurant has had no other complaints of this
camphor taste problem. The person did vomit later, but it may have
been in reaction to the smell, rather than an actual illness. Our
state shellfish people have never heard of anthing like this and
neither have I.
Has anyone ever run across this before or have any ideas of what
might have caused this smell/taste in the clams?
As always, thank you for your help.
Nancy Balcom
Nancy C. Balcom
CT Sea Grant Extension Program
University of Connecticut
1080 Shennecossett Road
Groton CT 06340
Tel: (860) 405-9127
FAX: (860) 405-9109
E-mail: nancy.balcom@uconn.edu
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