Dar seafood ppp standard

Whole and filleted finfish – larger reef fish

Certain species of reef fish prone to accumulating ciguatoxin were ranked in the medium relative risk ranking category. The epidemiological evidence strongly indicates the risk is greatest in Queensland and New South Wales – the states consuming the greater proportion of potentially ciguatoxic fish and having fisheries located in proximity to tropical and sub-tropical reefs. However, the interstate trade in fish in Australia leads to the risk being ‘exported’ to other states where the local fish catch is not a source of ciguatera.