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Seafood Toxins


Ciguatera - FDA
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, A Review in a Risk-Assessment Framework* p. 86 - AFFA, Australia

Domoic Acid - Consumers Advised Not To Eat Sport-Harvested Crab, Shellfish, Sardines and Anchovies From Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties - CA Dept. of Health Services
Domoic Acid Outbreak May be Cause for High Mortality in Marine Life - CA Dept. of Fish and Game

Foodborne Illness and Seafood (The Bad Bug Book excerpted) - FDA

Harmful Algal Blooms: Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning - U. Maryland
Histamine (Scombrotoxin)

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

Natural Marine Toxins
Natural Toxins    
Natural Toxins in Seafood (see Table 1) - FDA
Natural Toxins (A Chemical Hazard) (Compendium of Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls)  - 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  

Seafood Safety - National Academy of Sciences
Shellfish Toxins - FDA

Tetrodotoxin - FDA
Tetrodotoxin: FDA Issues Consumer and Industry Advisories, and Press Release on Puffer Fish (October 2007)NEW
Tetrodotoxin: FDA Issues Health Advisory on Puffer Fish from Florida (April 2002)
Tetrodotoxin - Mislabeled Monkfish Believed to be Pufferfish (May 2007) - FDA


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