Biotoxins
 Marine products, including fresh fish and
shellfish, are increasingly important exports for many developing countries.
Aquaculture is developing, expanding and intensifying in almost all regions
of the world to meet an increasing global population's demands for aquatic
food products. As a driver for both enhanced food security and economic development
for many of the world's people, the challenge is to facilitate this growth
in trade whilst protecting the health of consumers.
In 2004, through a Joint FAO/IOC/WHO Ad hoc Expert
Consultation on Biotoxins in Bivalve Molluscs, AGNS provided advice to the
Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP) on biotoxins, in conjunction
with CCFFP's work on Proposed Draft Standards for Live and Processed Bivalve
Molluscs, to:
- Enable the establishment of maximum levels in shellfish for
shellfish toxins (including PSP-, DSP-, ASP-, AZP- and NSP-toxins, and YTXs
and PTXs)
- Provide
guidance on methods of analysis for each toxin group
- Provide
guidance on monitoring of biotoxin-forming phytoplankton and bivalve molluscs
(including sampling methodology)
- Provide information on geographical
distribution of biotoxin-forming marine phytoplankton
In addition, an extensive review and risk assessment of different
aspects of marine biotoxins (including five shellfish poisoning syndromes,
and one fish poisoning syndrome) was completed in 2004
See also
Food and food products > Marine products
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