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Marine Biotoxin Monitoring and Response Manual for Non-Commercial Shellfish

Prelims

Original

November 2006

Table of Contents

Marine Biotoxin Monitoring and Response Manual for Non-Commercial Shellfish 1

Prelims 2

Disclaimer 3

Review of Manual 3

Amendment Record 4

1 PURPOSE 5

2 REFERENCES 5

3 DEFINITIONS 6

4 INTRODUCTION 8

4.1 Background 8

4.2 Marine Biotoxins of Public Health Concern 9

4.3 DHB Responsibilities 10

4.4 Responsibilities of Non-DHB Sampling Providers 11

4.5 Funding 12

4.6 Marine Biotoxin Technical Committee 12

5 PROCEDURES 14

5.1 General 14

5.2 Phytoplankton Monitoring 16

5.3 Shellfish Monitoring 17

5.4 Management of Marine Biotoxin Events 22

5.5 TSP Case Investigation 31

APPENDIX 1: Non – Commercial Phytoplankton action level table 33

APPENDIX 2 Phytoplankton sampling instructions 35

APPENDIX 3: Suggested wording for media statement 38

APPENDIX 4: Suggested Wording for GP Letter 40

APPENDIX 5 Cawthron Institute Phytoplankton Laboratory Sample Submission Form 42

APPENDIX 6 AgriQuality Shellfish Sample Submission Form 43

Disclaimer

Important Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to ensure the information in this manual is accurate.

NZFSA does not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for any error of fact, omission, interpretation or opinion that may be present, however it may have occurred.

Website
A copy of this document can be found at:

http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/food-safety-topics/marine-biotoxin-alerts/index.htm

Review of Manual

This Manual will be reviewed, as necessary, by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority. Suggestions for alterations, deletions or additions to this manual, should be sent, together with reasons for the change, any relevant data and contact details of the person making the suggestion, to:

Assistant Director (Production and Processing)

New Zealand Standards Group

New Zealand Food Safety Authority

P O Box 2835

Wellington

Telephone: 04 463 2500

Facsimile: 04 463 2643

Amendment Record

It is important that this publication is kept up-to-date by the prompt incorporation of amendments.

To update this publication when you receive an amendment, remove the appropriate outdated pages, destroy them, and replace them with the pages from the new issue. Complete instructions will be given on the covering letter accompanying the amendment. File the covering letter at the back of the publication and sign off and date this page.

If you have any queries, please ask your local verifier.

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1 PURPOSE

This manual provides information and procedures for management of risks associated with shellfish toxicity arising from toxic phytoplankton, in order to reduce the adverse health effects that could result from human consumption of toxic shellfish and exposure to aerosolised biotoxins.