Tests to detect toxins in seafood

2023: First Russian tests created to detect toxins in seafood

The first Russian tests have been created to detect toxins in seafood. Tatyana Orlova, deputy director of the National Scientific Center for Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the center for monitoring harmful algae and biotoxicity of the Far East, told TASS about this project.

According to her, we are talking about test systems for determining the content of diarrheal toxins and microcystins in water and seafood. To determine the presence of diarrheal toxins and microcystins in marine products and in water.

The first Russian tests have been created to detect toxins in seafood

I want to share information that in the near future, on the basis of our center, comparative studies of the effectiveness of developed domestic test systems with similar systems used in all countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the European Union for detecting phycotoxins in seafood (including bivalve mollusks - mussels, oysters, scallops) will be carried out, - said Orlova in mid-July 2023.

According to the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, manufacturers must check products of marine origin for the content of phycotoxins. However, by mid-July 2023, the supply of the systems and standards of biotoxins necessary for this test from abroad was stopped, explained the deputy head of the National Scientific Center for Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

According to Tatyana Orlova, studies have shown that domestic ones are at least as good as foreign counterparts, but this needs to be proved and published in leading scientific publications. In the fall of 2023, tests of these test systems are scheduled, representatives of Rospotrebnadzor and Rosselkhoznadzor will take part in the experiments as observers.^[1]

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