Mitigation of climate change in Swedish shellfish production
- Reference number
- SM19-0005
- Start and end dates
- 201001-230331
- Amount granted
- 1 105 023 SEK
- Administrative organization
- Swedish Food Agency
- Research area
- Other
Summary
The main objective of this application is to increase the knowledge about the presence of emerging marine biotoxins (MBT) and their diversity in bivalves and the coastal waters used for production of bivalves for human consumption in Sweden. As some of the most harmful MBTs for humans have been identified in shellfish produced in mid-European waters during the recent years, in The Netherlands and England, this question gains an increasing importance in Sweden. There is a lot of knowledge and experience in analysis of regulated MBT at the Swedish Food Agency (SFA) but the research in method development for detection of emerging toxins is beyond the regulatory work. The plan is to engage the staff competent in recognizing new issues in the analytical field of MBT at SFA together with the researchers in analytical chemistry at Uppsala University (UU), with the goal to develop a platform for high- resolution screening of a broader range of MBT which may occur in edible bivalves in Sweden. The platform aims to be an updatable and flexible MBT-tool applicable as multipurpose for mapping of MBT in bivalves and seawater, but also toxin occurrence in drinking water due to blooms of cyanobacteria driven by climate changes or in toxin outbreaks for increased contingency. The advantage of the collaboration between UU and SFA is that the combination of research expertise with those in regulations and quality assurance leads to direct and optimal benefits from a human health perspective.
Popular science description
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