[MARINE_BIOLOGY_INTERNATIONAL] PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING - PHILIPPINES: (BATAAN)

PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING - PHILIPPINES: (BATAAN)
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Date: Wed 23 Nov 2011
Source: Interaksyon.com, Philippine News Agency report [summ., edited] <http://www.interaksyon.com/article/17981/bfar-issues-shellfish-ban-in-bataan-as-food-poisoning-kills-1-downs-4>

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued a ban on the eating, gathering or harvesting, transporting, and marketing of shellfish from 7 towns and one city along the coastal waters of Bataan due to red tide which causes paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) that killed an old woman.

"Based on the results of red tide monitoring activities of BFAR and the red tide monitoring center in Bataan, shellfish collected from Bataan coastal waters in Balanga City and the towns of Mariveles, Limay, Orion, Pilar, Abucay, Samal, and Orani are now positive for the red tide toxin," the BFAR advisory said.

Red tide toxin level in shellfish samples collected from these areas is from 70 to 5617 grams Saxi-Toxin (STX) g/100g of shellfish meat,"
according to the BFAR advisory.

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[see also:
Paralytic shellfish poisoning - USA: (AK) 20111118.3395 2010
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning - Canada: (BC) warning 20101008.3665 Paralytic shellfish poisoning - USA: (ME) warning 20100714.2353 Paralytic shellfish poisoning - China (03): (GD) scallops
20100524.1718
Paralytic shellfish poisoning - China (02): (HK,MC) scallops, alert
20100519.1653
Paralytic shellfish poisoning - China: (HK) scallops, alert
20100518.1627
2008
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning - South Africa: alert 20080409.1309
2007
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning, human - USA (ME) 20070802.2508 Paralytic shellfish poisoning - South Africa (W. Cape): red tide
20070325.1039
2006
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning, human - Viet Nam (02): correction
20060622.1728
Paralytic shellfish poisoning, human - Viet Nam 20060621.1717
2005
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning - El Salvador 20051205.3512
2004
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning - Canada (NB) 20040809.2202 Paralytic shellfish poisoning - Venezuela (Sucre) 20040626.1709
2003
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning - New Zealand 20030604.1371
2002
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning - Australia (VIC):alert 20021226.6131 Paralytic shellfish poisoning - Canada (NB) 20020914.5303] .................................................sb/tg/mj/lm/ll
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