Bivalve Contaminants Euro list 2006

 . Current European standards regulate the levels of micro-biological agents, phycotoxins, and some chemical contaminants in food. Since 2006, these regulations have been compiled into the "Hygiene Package." 

Bivalve mollusks must comply with maximum levels of certain contaminants as follows:

lead (1.5 mg kg-1), 

cadmium (1 mg kg-1), 

mercury (0.5 mg kg-1),

 dioxins (4 pg g-1 and dioxins + DL-PCBs 8 pg g-1), and

 benzo[a]pyrene (10 μp.g kg-1)

.In this review, we identify the levels of major contaminants that exist in shellfish(collected from the marine environment and/or in marketed shellfish). The follow-ing contaminants are among those that are profiled: 

Cd, 

Pb, 

Hg, 

As, 

Ni, 

Cr, 

V,

Mn, 

Cu, 

Zn, 

Co, 

Se, 

Mg, 

Mo, 

radionuclides,

 benzo[a]pyrene, 

PCBs, dioxins and furans, 

PAHs, 

TBT, HCB, dieldrin, DDT, lindane, triazines, 

PBDE, and chlorinated paraffins

The Significance of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) for Sea-Salt Episodes and Acidification-Related Effects in Norwegian River

Impacts of estuarine acidification on survival and growth of Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea glomerata (Gould 1850)

Fish mortality during sea salt episodes - Catchment liming as a countermeasure

Toxicity of acid-sulphate soil leachate and aluminium to the embryos and larvae of Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) in estuarine water

Assessing the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Adhesion and Shell Formation in the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite

Two cases of fish mortality in low pH, aluminium rich water

• January 2007 Journal of Fish diseases