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TESTING FISH AND SHELLFISH: PRACTXCALITY, TEC CALITY, ALPTY<br />

Daniel G. Baden<br />

NIEHS Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center<br />

University of Miami RSMAS<br />

4600 Rickenbacker Causeway<br />

Miami, FL 33 149<br />

Toxins in seafood represent an ever increasing human health hazard and an industry liability. At <strong>the</strong><br />

heart of <strong>the</strong> issue is a conflict between minimization of human intoxication risk, and concurrently a<br />

maximization of <strong>the</strong> fisheries resoure utilization. Tests based on eith chemistry or biology have been<br />

employed to detect a variety of contaminants in food products. Receptor based assays are exquisitely<br />

sensitive for detection, specific for toxin type, provide rapid results, are relatively insensitive to tissue<br />

(matrix) effects, and can readily be reduced to tests which offer color changes as <strong>the</strong> “reporter”. Sodium<br />

channel tests for brevetoxins and ciguatoxins, protein phosphate tests for okadaic acid, and saxiphilin tests<br />

for saxitoxin will be discussed.

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