Scientists are helping researchers in Cuba find dangerous toxins in marine algae that can lead to outbreaks from contaminated seafood.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been building capacity for monitoring ciguatera using nuclear and isotopic techniques to identify seafood biotoxins.
Ciguatoxins are a class of algal toxins. They
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According to a study, an outbreak of ciguatera poisoning from contaminated fish affected 19 people on a ship in Australia.
The food poisoning outbreak was reported to the Central Queensland Public Health Unit in December 2021.
A bulk carrier sailing from Higashiharima, Japan, to Gladstone, Australia, reported an incident of
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The United States is to lead work on a document covering the prevention or reduction of ciguatera poisoning.
The plan was given the go-ahead at a recent Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods meeting.
An electronic working group, chaired by the U.S. and co-chaired by France, Spain, and Panama, will
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Almost 30 cases of ciguatera fish poisoning have been recorded so far this year in Vanuatu.
The 27 patients range in age from 6 to 67 years old with the majority aged 35 and older. More men than women have been affected. No deaths have been recorded, said the country’s
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A project looking at the surveillance and control of ciguatera poisoning in Europe has been given a second edition.
A launch meeting for EuroCigua II was attended this past week by representatives of 11 organizations involved in food safety and public health from five European countries.
Partners include the Spanish
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A German survey has looked at what food issues the population is concerned about.
Half of the respondents think that food bought in Germany is safe and 44 percent think that food safety will continue to increase, said Andreas Hensel, BfR president. Only 12 percent said food was not safe
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Authorities in the British Virgin Islands have issued a warning after a surge in Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) within the past few weeks.
Cases until the week of June 6 were sporadic, but within three weeks there have been eight confirmed infections with other suspected cases also being investigated.
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A project looking at the risk of ciguatera poisoning in Europe has finished work after almost five years.
An international scientific meeting was held in October for the EuroCigua project which began in April 2016 and ends this month.
Ciguatera is a type of food poisoning associated with consumption of
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Five people in the Netherlands have been affected by ciguatera poisoning likely caused by frozen red snapper steaks from India.
Those sick had a meal together in mid-May and developed symptoms including gastroenteritis and neurological complaints within three hours. None of them needed hospital treatment.
Tjitte Mastenbroek, a press officer
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Five people from two households in New Zealand became ill with ciguatera poisoning after eating fish imported from Fiji earlier this year.
The outbreak in Christchurch affected three males of 19 to 58 years old and two females – one aged in her 40s and the other in her 50s.
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