Laboratory for toxin detection to help oyster farmers

Oyster producers from Baja California plan to begin construction of a laboratory which specializes in aquaculture health and safety this year with the aim of fully equipping it by 2012, in order to begin testing for toxins in shellfish.

With this new lab, the industry hopes to solve many of the problems faced by farmers due to the lack of certified facilities.

According to Sergio Guevara, a representative for the State Board of Aquaculture Health and Safety, the time it takes the laboratories of the National Health, Food Safety and Quality Service (Senasica) to confirm a false positive has adverse effects on producers of Baja California. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.