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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/AUS/157

Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

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Title

Assessment for Application A1243– harmonisation of marine biotoxin standards for bivalve shellfish

Objective

Harmonization (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection (TBT); Consumer information, labelling (TBT)

Product Covered

Bivalve molluscs sold in Australia (both imported and domestically produced)

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Keywords

Food standards

Specific Regions

Description

To align with international standards and to protect public health and safety, FSANZ has drafted an amendment to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to amend the maximum levels (MLs) for diarrhetic shellfish toxins (DST) and paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) with the equivalent MLs set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) and with those set in New Zealand.MLs for marine biotoxins are necessary in order to protect public health and safety, as marine biotoxins cause serious and sometimes long term toxicity in humans.The proposed changes are:·            Lower the ML for DST, expressed as okadaic acid equivalent, from 0.20 to 0.16 mg/kg in bivalve molluscs·            Define PST in mg saxitoxin dihydrochloride equivalents/kg rather than mg saxitoxin equivalents/kg. The net effect of this change to a more specific reporting unit is to lower the ML for PST from 0.8 to approximately 0.6 mg/kg.

Notified Document

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