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Safety Tips for Cleaning & Cooking Dungeness Crab

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Created: 26 April 2009

The beginning of Dungeness crab season is always a time to celebrate, but with major concerns over the last few years regarding unsafe domoic acid levels, state health department officials continue to recommend not eating the internal organs (known as "crab butter"). 

Click HERE to download the brochure explaining this simple method of cleaning crabs before cooking to reduce your exposure to unsafe contaminants, including dioxins.
The good news is that Dungeness crab are low in mercury - see our 2021 mercury guidelines for more info.
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