Dar seafood ppp standard

Abalone and roe-off scallops

Abalone and roe-off scallops were ranked in the medium risk category of seafood products due to the potential presence and adverse health effects of algal biotoxins (particularly the more severe toxins, amnesic shellfish poison and paralytic shellfish poison). These are hazards which might be introduced in the pre-harvest phase of primary production. Significantly lower levels of algal biotoxins accumulate in the adductor muscle of scallops and the muscular foot of the abalone [16,44], reducing the likelihood of adverse health effects compared to those molluscs where the viscera is also eaten (for example, oysters). Growth, harvesting and processing of abalone and roe-off scallops are not covered by the requirements of the ASQAP.