Fifth SEAFOODplus Conference

Copenhagen 08-06-08 to 10-06-08

Session 3 Seafood safety

Moderators:

Bill Doré, IE, coordinator SEAFOODplus RTD area 3

and

Steve Otwell, USA, member of SEAFOODplus External Advisory Board

Within this RTD area four projects have been active, of which two (REDRISK and BIOCOM) were finished after the third project year. Major achievement from all four projects were highlighted and details filled in for the latest results of the projects being active until the end of the SEAFOODplus period. These are REFHEPA and SEABAC. Whithin REFHEPA standardised methods have been developed and validated for the detection of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and norovirus (NoV) in bivalve molluscan shellfish. In SEABAC real-time PCR and nucleic acid hybridisation assays for the detection of total and thermostable direct and direct related haemolysins of V. parahaemolyticus have been developed. A standard operating procedure for a pulse field gel electrophoresis method for vibrios has also been produced.

New validated rapid methods for detection of viruses in bivalve molluscs

Soizick Le Guyader, Ifremer, France

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Viruses in shellfish - Controlling the risk

Bill Doré, Marine Institute, Ireland

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Detection of Vibrio species in seafood by new rapid methods

Rachel Rangdale, CEFAS, United Kingdom

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Histamine fish poisoning – new controls for a common seafood safety issue

Paw Dalgaard, DTU Aqua, Denmark

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How can the shellfish industry and consumers benefit from results obtained in SEAFOODplus?

Doug McLeod, Scottish shellfish growers, United Kingdom

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