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Seafood Toxins

Bad Bug Book (2nd ed.) - FDA

Ciguatera, FDA Bad Bug Book (2nd ed., pages 176-180)* - FDA

Domoic Acid (Health Advisories) - CA Dept. of Fish and Game

Gempylotoxin, FDA Bad Bug Book (2nd ed., pages 220-223)* - FDA

Harmful Algal Blooms: Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning - U. Maryland
Health Advisories for California Finfish, Shellfish and Crustaceans - CA Dept. of Fish and Game
Histamine (Scombrotoxin)

Marine Toxins - CDC
Marine Toxins in Food (Oct. 2002) - D.L. Sudakin, MD, MPH; Oregon State U.

Natural Marine Toxins* 4 p.
Natural Toxins
Natural Toxins (A Chemical Hazard) (Compendium of Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls, 4th ed., Ch. 6, pages 99-112) - FDA

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning* 20 p. - Alaska Sea Grant
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Information and Publications - Alaska Sea Grant
Pre-harvest Shellfish Protection and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program - CA Dept. of Health Services

Red Tides: Questions and Answers* 4 p.

Seafood Safety - National Academy of Sciences
Seafood Toxins (FDA Laboratory Manual) - FDA
Shellfish Toxins, FDA Bad Bug Book (second edition, pages 181-187)* - - FDA

Tetrodotoxin, FDA Advisory on Puffer Fish for Industry (Oct. 2007)
Tetrodotoxin, FDA Bad Bug Book (2nd ed., pages 192-199)* - FDA
Tetrodotoxin: FDA News Release, FDA Provides Advice on Safe Sources of Puffer Fish (October 2007)
Tetrodotoxin - Mislabeled Monkfish Believed to be Pufferfish (May 2007) - FDA

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Updated: 03/24/13

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