Ebook: Molluscan Shellfish Safety

In a time of rapid climatic, industrial and technological changes in molluscan shellfish producing and exporting regions, it is of the utmost importance to keep a keen eye on developing trends. This collection of recent research in molluscan shellfish safety, risk assessment, risk management, regulation and analytical methods presented at the 8^th ICMSS (International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety) offers valuable insights in the latest scientific findings.

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In a time of rapid climatic, industrial and technological changes in molluscan shellfish producing and exporting regions, it is of the utmost importance to keep a keen eye on developing trends. This collection of recent research in molluscan shellfish safety, risk assessment, risk management, regulation and analytical methods presented at the 8^th ICMSS (International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety) offers valuable insights in the latest scientific findings.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Evolution of PSP Toxicity in Shellfish from the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina): An Overview....Pages 15-23
Storage and Detoxification of Bivalve Molluscs as a Tool in a Marketing Strategy....Pages 25-38
Molluscan Shellfish Safety in South America....Pages 39-46
Mitigating the Impacts of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning During Harmful Algal Bloom Episodes in the Philippines....Pages 47-63
New Zealand Aquaculture Industry Initiative: Collingwood Case Study....Pages 65-71
Regulatory Perspective in Translating Science into Policy: Challenges in Utilizing Risk Assessment for the Elaboration of Codex Standards of Shellfish Safety....Pages 73-87
Defining a Sampling Strategy for Okadaic Acid (OA) Toxins in Shellfish to Determine the Human Health Status of a Growing Area....Pages 89-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Contribution of Shellfish Consumption to the Dietary Exposure of the French Population to Chemical Contaminants....Pages 103-110
Probabilistic Exposure Assessment to Phycotoxins by Recreational Shellfish Harvesters: Results and Influence of Shellfish Species and the Cooking Process....Pages 111-128
Distribution of Cd, Pb, As and Hg in Oyster Tissue, Sediment and Water in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines....Pages 129-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-154
Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to Control of Viruses in Food....Pages 155-155
Bioaccumulation and Removal Dynamics of Murine Norovirus in Manila Clams (Venerupis philippinarum) and Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)....Pages 157-164
Detection of Enteric Viruses in Shellfish....Pages 165-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-183
Searching for Internal Standard for Chemical Routine Analysis of Lipophilic Shellfish Toxins....Pages 185-185
Effect of Dilution Rate on Azadinium spinosum and Azaspiracid (AZA) Production in Pilot Scale Photobioreactors for the Harvest of AZA1 and -2....Pages 187-196
A Comparison of Assay Techniques for the Analysis of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Shellfish....Pages 197-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-213
Accumulation of Okadaic Acid and Detoxifying Enzymes in the Digestive Gland of Mytilus galloprovincialis During Exposure to DSP....Pages 215-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-225
Recent International Efforts to Improve Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish Safety....Pages 227-227
Back Matter....Pages 229-238
Histopathological Alterations of the Mantle of Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Ria of Vigo (NW Spain): Effect of Persistent Chemicals?....Pages 1-12
....Pages 249-261