NRL (marine biotoxins) procedures and links
Areas of Expertise:
Animal Health and Welfare,
Food Quality and Safety,
Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems
Service:
Diagnostic & Analytical
Procedures for sampling, transportation and external links
Procedures
- Collection of water samples for analysis of potential toxin producing phytoplankton cells
UK NRL Phytoplankton Collection SOP - Identification and enumeration of potential toxin-producing phytoplankton species in samples collected from UK coastal waters using the Utermöhl method
UK NRL Phytoplankton Enumeration SOP - Transport, reception and short term storage of bivalve molluscs, tunicates and echinoderms prior to testing for marine biotoxins in the UK's statutory biotoxin monitoring programmes
UK NRL Transport SOP - Quantitation of Amnesic Shellfish Poison in Shellfish by HPLC with UV Detection
UK NRL ASP SOP - Screening for the Presence of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish by pre-column oxidation and HPLC with fluorescence detection
UK NRL PSP Screen by HPLC - Quantitation of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish by pre-column oxidation and HPLC with fluorescence detection
UK NRL PSP HPLC QUANT SOP
External links
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science(external link opens in a new window / tab) (CEFAS)Scottish Association for Marine Science(external link opens in a new window / tab) (SAMS)
Food Standards Agency (FSA), links to marine biotoxin monitoring results:
- FSA fish and shellfish(external link opens in a new window / tab)
- FSA Scotland(external link opens in a new window / tab)
- FSA England, Wales & Northern Ireland(external link opens in a new window / tab)
European Community Reference Laboratory(external link opens in a new window / tab)