Health | food safety Step Away From the Green Lobster Goop Crustaceans' guts may contain toxins: FDA By Drew Nelles Posted Jul 29, 2008 4:01 PM CDT Copied Lobster fisherman Bernie Feeney, of Whitman, Mass., displays a lobster with green rubber bands on its claws at the Cardinal Medeiros dock, in Boston, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Many people consider tomalley, the green substance inside lobsters, a delicacy—but the FDA doesn't. The agency is warning tomalley fans that the crustaceans' internal organs can contain dangerous levels of a specific toxin, the Boston Globe reports. Eating tomalley from Atlantic lobsters can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can lead to respiratory failure and even death. Read These Next Trump: US strikes have begun and Iranians should overthrow government. Trump says attack killed Iran's supreme leader. Their dad left them a nudist colony. Buyers are scarce. We now know what might send bedbugs scurrying. Report an error