2017 Alerts and rejections - Toxin causes
Toxic causes | Cases |
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Total | 11 |
Amnesic shellfish poisoning | 7 |
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning | 2 |
Ciguatera | 1 |
Paralytic shellfish poisoning | 1 |
Among the 11 rejections due to toxins, amnesic shellfish poisoning was the group of marine biotoxins that appears to be the largest with 7 cases documented, mainly found in scallops. Others group of marine biotoxins detected were diarrhetic shellfish poisoning with 2 cases in mussels and 1 case of paralytic shellfish poisoning in oysters. Lastly, ciguatera rejections were only observed on 1 occasion in 2017 in red snapper.
Source: Rasff Portal