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Seafood Testing at the State Level

Seafood Testing at the State Level. Roger McDaniel, PhD. North Carolina Dept. Agriculture and Consumer Services Food & Drug Protection Division. Introduction. Background Recent Developments Demand Imports Aquaculture Technology.

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Seafood Testing at the State Level

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  1. Seafood Testing at the State Level Roger McDaniel, PhD. North Carolina Dept. Agriculture and Consumer Services Food & Drug Protection Division

  2. Introduction • Background • Recent Developments • Demand • Imports • Aquaculture • Technology

  3. "The FDA is not allowing the import of these Chinese farmed seafood products until the importers can prove that the seafood is free from harmful contaminants……FDA is taking these actions because there have been continued violations with no signs of abatement" Dr. David Acheson, USFDA June 28, 2007

  4. Seafood Testing in North Carolina Shellfish Sanitation Program Environmental (Mercury, Dioxin, PCB) Food & Drug Protection

  5. North CarolinaFood & Drug Protection Division • Overview • Food Program • Laboratory • Facility • Staff • Instrumentation

  6. Seafood Testing at NCDA&CS Food & Drug Protection • Imported Farm Grown • Floroquinolines • Malachite Green • Microbiology (RTE) • E.coli • L. Mono • Salmonella • Staphylococcus

  7. Other State Programs • Antibiotics • Antifungals • Heavy Metals • Speciation • Biotoxins

  8. NSSP Participating States                                 

  9. State Level Seafood Testing N N Y N N Y ? Y N Y Y N Y N N N

  10. Chloramphenicol Floroquinolines Nitrofurans Malachite Green Crystal Violet Mercury & Heavy Metals Pesticides Dioxins / PCB Sulfite Histamine Biotoxins Analytes of Interest

  11. What is Next ? • Budgets • Current Events • Technology

  12. Questions Roger McDaniel NCDA&CS Ph (919)733-7366 roger.mcdaniel@ncagr.gov

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