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Monitoring Seafood Safety – SEIS / EEA RELEVANCE-

Monitoring Seafood Safety – SEIS / EEA RELEVANCE-. Amund Maage National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), PO Box 176, Sentrum, N-5804 Bergen, Norway. NIFES today:. Totally about 150 employed Additional Master-students Univ. of Bergen Turnover 2008: 130 mill NOK.

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Monitoring Seafood Safety – SEIS / EEA RELEVANCE-

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  1. Monitoring Seafood Safety – SEIS / EEA RELEVANCE- Amund Maage National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), PO Box 176, Sentrum, N-5804 Bergen, Norway

  2. NIFES today: • Totally about 150 employed • Additional Master-students Univ. of Bergen • Turnover 2008: 130 mill NOK

  3. Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affair’s statutes for NIFES: “NIFES is the government’s centre of research and expertise within fish nutrition, healthy seafood and seafood safety. The basis for the institutes activity should be research and development, and include analyses, risk assessment, reference laboratory for analytical methods and assist with matters related to emergency preparedness. NIFES activity should support the work of the ministry and other governmental agencies in order to secure consumers safe and healthy seafood through the entire food chain from feed to fork, including the fisheries.”

  4. NIFES MAIN WORK: FISH AS FOOD FOOD FOR FISH In some aspects Food Authorities and Environmental Authorities ca use the same data. NIFES is ready to give data to SFT/EEA/SEIS (but time prioriteis is on Food) Documentation and surveillance

  5. NIFES NIFES affiliation Ministry of Fisheries and Costal Affairs The Directorate Of Fisheries The Norwegian National Coastal Administration Institute of Marine Research Guarantee Fund for Fishermen Norwegian Seafood Export Council 7 regional offices The Norwegian Fishing and Aquaculture Research Fund 5 district offices The Research Council of Norway Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture The Norwegian Food Safety Authority The National Veterinary Institute Innovation Norway

  6. Risk assessment and advice Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Fisheries and Costal Affairs Ministry of Health and Care Services Norwegian Food Safety Authority (2004) Risk management National Veterinary Institute National Institute of Public Health NIFES The Norwegian Crop Research Institute Scientific Committee

  7. Main aim for Norwegian authorities: No harmful products should reach the market.

  8. MONITORING PROGRAMMES – SEAFOOD SAFETY (QUALITY), NORWAY-EEA RELEVANCE ? • NIFES - Seafood data, from 1994 (Ministry of Fisheries) - expanded basal studies, NSS-Herring • Programmes on behalf of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority • Research projects – different funding • Other relevant programmes- e.g. financed by the Ministry of Environment

  9. NIFES’ SEAFOOD DATA AIM: • Document the content of contaminants in Norwegian seafood • Fulfil needs for independent data from food authorities, fisheries authorities, fishery and aquaculture industry and markets • Be able to establish time trends and uncover research needs • Data on www.nifes.no/seafooddata

  10. August 2004: Searchable database established, available from link on www.nifes.no, of data from NIFES monitoring programmes. • So far 13 undesirable components and about 20 species have been included. • New data added every year – Also Part of Barents Sea Management Plan

  11. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Funding: Mainly through the Ministry, and some funding through FHF-fund Volume: about 3000 samples (94-08) from the 20 most economically important species (includes industrial species) Area: Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Sea; and farmed salmon included (see map) Sampling: First years through Directorate of Fisheries Inspectors, but later during Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, research program/vessels contract fish fleet. Sampling Frequency: cod, herring, mackerel and salmon every year (since 2001), saithe and red fish every 3. year, and others like e.g. horse mackerel sampled every 7.-8 year. Substances analysed: e.g. dioxins, PCBs, +++ Future volume: Increasing…. Need for baseline data for several species (2007 plan 700 + samples)

  12. SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR POLLUTANTS IN FISH AND OTHER SEAFOOD 1994- Norwegian Arctic Cod Spring Spawning Cod (West of Spitsbergen) Barents Sea Fjord Cod Shrimps/Prawns Mackerel Herring Sprat Salmon Norwegian Sea Sandeel North Sea Herring Saithe Redfish Haddock Tusk (Cusk) Atlantic Ocean Ling Halibut (from 2002) North Sea Anglerfish (from 2002) Wolf-fish (from 2002) Lobster (from 2002) Organic, inorganic and radioactive compounds

  13. Undesirable substances determined in wild fish from open seas and farmed fish • Inorganic compounds: • Mg, Al, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, • Ba, Hg, Pb, U • Species of As, Hg og Sn • Organic compounds: • Pecticides; HCB, HCH, DDT (Extended from 2005 incl. • toxaphene) • PCBs(28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153,180) • Dioxines og dioxin like PCBs, (from 2002) • Polybrominated flame retardants (from 2004), • PAH (from 2005) • Fluorinated compounds (from 2007) • Radioactive isotopes: IMR-data, (Cesium137, technetium99)

  14. Seafood data – Sampling in Barents Sea

  15. CHEMICAL METHODS – development 2007/2008 – Accreditaion, LOQ • Increased number of: • Brominated compounds • Toxaphenes • Fluorinated compounds (PFOS) • More efficient extractions • New veterinary residues • Further arsenic speciation • Emerging substances……

  16. 40+41 50 42a IS 44 26 32 62 Toxaphene – method development (Rolfsnes, unpublished) IS - Standard

  17. Herring sampling sites (n=800):

  18. Age might be very important for level of contaminants Dioxins - Clear correlations Arsenic - No correlation

  19. Content of contaminants in herring varies with life cycle Stations/Location is not decisive Lowest content of dioxins and dioxin-like PCB Fat herring, fall – (Sept-Nov)Mean: 7 y (min 3-maks 16) Young herring - (April/May)Mean: 4,4 y (min 3-maks 9) 17 % fat 4 % fat 0,51 ng TE/kg 0,82 ng TE/kg Spawned herring – (April/June)Mean: 6 y (min 4-maks 10) Highest content of dioxins and dioxin-like PCB 5 % fat 0,55 ng TE/kg Same trends for PBDE and PCB7 Ready to spawn her. – (Jan/Feb)Mean: 7 år (min 5-maks 15) 10 % fat 0,99 ng TE/kg

  20. NOT ALL SEAFOOD SPECIES ARE EASILY FITTED IN THIS CONCEPT: • EEL • SHELLFISH (I.E. BLUE MUSSEL) • HALIBUT • Farmed fish Because: a) Great variation between locations b) Great variation with size c) Feed dependent

  21. Atlantic halibut (Hippoglussus hippoglossus)- large/old

  22. Mercury in very large halibut >121 kg <34 kg 2 samples 3 samples • Hg: 0,18 mg/kg; • 85% Me-Hg • Hg: 0,88 mg/kg • (1 over 1 mg/kg) • 83% Me-Hg Aftenposten, Norway, 8th March 2005

  23. Vest-Spitsbergen Bjørnøya-Sørkapp Mehamnleira Tromsøflaket-Bjørnøya Vardøhola Mulegga Bleik-Jennegga Røstbanken-Vesterålen 64N - 67N Møre - 64N Britisk sektor-Møre Greenland halibut mercury investigation

  24. Mercury in Greenland halibut in the Barents sea, spring 2006 (N=40 at each position). Mercury is given as mean value with minimum and maximum values in mg/kg wet weight. In bracket are the number of fish that exceeds EU limit of mercury not taking analytical uncertainty into account. EU/Norway Limit for Mercury (Hg): 0.5 mg/kg w.w. in Greenland halibut

  25. Ongoing surveillance programmes on behalf of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority: • Control program on undesirable and desirable substances in complete feedingstuff, fishmeal and fish oil for farmed fish • Program on undesirable substances in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) (EU- Directive 91/492 EEC and 79/923 EEC) • Program on drug residues and chemical undesirable substances in farmed fish (Directive 96/23 EC) • EU-program on dioxin and dioxin like PCBs in foodstuffs and feedingstuffs ( 2006) • * Processed Seafoods (herring, mackerel, smoked fish) • Oils • Metals & Brominated compunds in seafood • REPORTED TO NORWEGIAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITYEU (i.e. dioxins) • : ONGOING

  26. Surveillance program - fish feed Microbiology (Salmonella)Heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, As, element species etc )PCBsDDT and metabolitesDioxins and dioxin-like PCBsARG-GMOPolybrominated flame retardants (BFR) (from 2003) AntioxidantsSelected vitamins and trace elements + + + Results recent years: Do not exceed EU or national limits, except total arsenic (limit 6 mg/kg) Majority of arsenic is present as arsenobetain with a very low toxicity Sampling for 2004-2006: ca. 650-800; including ingredients Full year report (in Norwegian) at www.mattilsynet.no

  27. PCDD+PCDF+DIOXINLIKE PCB’s in feed

  28. Surveillance program - farmed fish Salmon (90 %) and trout (10 %) in accordance with 96/23/EC Cod will be included 1 sample for each 100 tons of fish produced (for 2006 ~6000 samples). Pooled samples (n=5) have been analysed (for 2006 ~1200 pooled samples).

  29. 29 parameters are tested Including: Results: Well below limits for those components where limits exists (e.g. dioxin, Pb, Cd, Hg, DDT). No antibacterial or antiparasitic components have been detected.

  30. Surveillance programBlue mussel (Mytilus edulis) (EU directive 91/492) • 50 farming locations along our coast tested every year • Analyced for: • Metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Cd, Hg, Pb ) • Organic pollutants • Microbiology • Algal counts (water) and toxins in shells Results: Little problems with microbiolgy and chemicals: Exeption might be inorganic arsenic Algal toxins causes problems

  31. Nutrients: - Poly-unsaturated fatty acids - Vitamins A, D, E - Selenim/Iodine - Good proteins - Good Na/K- balance Contaminants: - Mercury (Hg) - Dioxins - PCB - PAH - Lead and Cadmium MOST IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS AND CONTAMINATS IN SEAFOOD

  32. EFSA 2005 Norway 2006 Denmark 2003 England 2004 Risk-Benefit Assessments of Seafood: Recommends increased seafood intake Risk/benefit USA 2006

  33. SEIS COMPATIBLE (www.nifes.no/Seafooddata) YES • Managed close to source • Collected once and shared • Available to public authorities • Enable fullfillment of legal reporting obligations • Readily accessable to end users • Use of common, free access-source software

  34. SEIS CHALLENGES: • General aspects on factors influencing levels of contaminants in fish; size, age, trophic level, sex, season, maturity, point source • Challenge on the sampling station aspect: (Single fish move, schools move, change in patterns) We need to follow the fish • Interpretation of data – nutrition/enviroment • (Double reporting ? Sending data to more sources)

  35. + Does the positive aspects of eating seafood outweigh the risk? _ Vitamin A Dioxins Methyl- mercury Omega-3 Brominated Flameretardant Iodine Balanced effect assessment on human health requires knowledge on the interaction of nutrients and undesirables in food, and their beneficial or detrimental effects on human health

  36. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!

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