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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)external link opens in a new window / tab (CEFAS)Scottish Association for Marine Science(external link opens in a new window / tab)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)external link opens in a new window / tab
  • FSA Scotland​(external link opens in a new window / tab)external link opens in a new window / tab
  • FSA England, Wales & Northern Ireland(external link opens in a new window / tab)external link opens in a new window / tab

European Community Reference Laboratory(external link opens in a new window / tab)external link opens in a new window / tab

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