Dar seafood ppp standard

Appendix 2

Epidemiological data

Table 2.1: Food-borne illness outbreaks due to seafood consumption, Australia, 1995–2000

Year	Month	State	Setting Pr	Setting Co	Pathname	Cases	Vehicle
1995	Dec	NSW	commercial manufactured food	community	Salmonella typhi	4	seafood – prawns cooked, 1 lab acquired
1995	Jan	NSW	commercial – restaurant	restaurant	scombroid	3	seafood – tuna
1995	Aug	WA	recreational fisherman		Ciguatera	4	coral trout
1996	Aug	Qld/ NSW	contaminated primary produce	community	Norwalk-like virus	97	seafood - oysters
1996	Feb	NSW	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	2	fish - frozen rock cod
1996	Jul	NSW	private residence	private residence	Clostridium perfringens	33	seafood - prawns (curried)
1997	May-Jun	NSW	contaminated imported food	restaurant	hepatitis a	17	Seafood – prawns
1997	Dec	NSW	contaminated primary produce	community	dinophysis species	56	seafood – pipis
1997	Nov	Vic.	contaminated primary produce	restaurant	ciguatera	18	fish – 16.2 kg Maori Wrasse
1997	Jan	NSW	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	8	Fish (unknown)
1997	Jul	NSW	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	6	seafood – coral trout from Fiji
1997	Nov	NSW	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	10	seafood – coral trout (Qld)
1997	Jan– Apr	All S&Ts	contaminated primary produce	community	hepatitis a	466*	seafood – oysters
1997	–	NT	contaminated primary produce		ciguatera	20	Fish – Coral Cod
1998	Oct	NT	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	7	Fish – barracuda
1998	Nov	NSW	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	3	seafood – cod
1998	Aug	NSW	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	10	seafood – spotted cod
1998	Jun	Vic.	commercial – restaurant		scombroid	6	seafood – tuna
1998	Sep	Vic.	commercial – restaurant		scombroid	3	seafood – tuna
1998	Oct	Vic.	commercial – restaurant		unknown	9	seafood – cajun fish (RR 5.4)
1998	Dec	Vic.	private residence		ciguatera	5	seafood – reef cod
Year	Month	State	Setting Pr	Setting Co	Pathname	Cases	Vehicle
1998	Dec	Vic.	private residence		ciguatera	3	seafood – reef fish
1998	Dec	Vic.	commercial – restaurant		scombroid	9	seafood – Thai fish cakes (RR 14.3)
1998	Feb	NSW	pipis	community	dinophysis species	22	seafood – pipis
1999	Jan	NSW	private residence	private residence	scombroid	4	seafood – tuna
1999	Nov	NT	commercial – restaurant	restaurant	scombroid	5	seafood – Blue grenadier
1999	March	SA	restaurant	restaurant	wax ester	19	Fish – Escolar
1999	Aug	Qld	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	8	Fish – ciguatera toxin/queenfish
1999	Sep	Qld	contaminated primary produce	private residence	ciguatera	2	seafood – ciguatera toxin
1999	Nov	Qld	commercial – restaurant	restaurant	Vibrio cholerae	10	seafood – red claw crayfish
1999	Dec	Qld	commercial – restaurant	restaurant	Norwalk-like virus	14	seafood – sautéed scallops
1999	Jun	NSW	commercial – catered		Clostridium perfringens	43	Shrimp – curried prawns
1999	Jan	Vic.	private residence		ciguatera	4	seafood – Spanish mackerel (35 kg)
1999	Jan	Vic.	commercial – reception centre		Salmonella bareilly	26	seafood – smoked salmon suspected
1999	Oct	Vic.	commercial – restaurant		scombroid	4	seafood – pasta with tuna and chilli
1999	Nov	Vic.	commercial – restaurant		wax ester	14	seafood – butterfish
1999	Dec	Vic.	non-commercial function		Salmonella typhimurium (PT 64)	12	seafood – cooked prawns/crayfish
2000	Sep	WA	commercial – restaurant	restaurant	unknown	27	seafood – sushi
2000	Apr	NSW	private residence		ciguatera	5	seafood – black trevally
2000	Aug	Qld	private residence		ciguatera	9	seafood – coronation trout
2000	Feb	Qld	private residence		ciguatera	33	seafood – queenfish
2000	Feb	Qld	private residence		ciguatera	4	seafood – queenfish
2000	Mar	Qld	private residence		ciguatera	6	seafood – black kingfish
2000	Nov	Qld	private residence		ciguatera	4	seafood – coral trout
2000	Sep	Qld	private residence		ciguatera	5	seafood – spotted mackerel
2000	Mar	Vic.	contaminated primary produce		Salmonella Mississippi	2	seafood – oysters
2000	Dec	Vic.	contaminated primary produce		Ciguatera	3	seafood – coral cod or coral trout

Data provided by Dr C Dalton (Hunter Public Health Unit).
* 1 death

Table 2.2: Food-borne illness outbreaks due to seafood consumption (Australia; January 2001 to June 2002)

State	Year	Setting	Agent responsible	No. affected	Evidence	Vehicles responsible
NSW	2001	restaurant	unknown	4	D	Seafood sauce
NSW	2001	restaurant	unknown	20	C	Fish ‘Lepidocybium flavobruuneum’
Vic.	2001	community	Salmonella Mississippi	6	B	Suspected oysters
Vic.	2001	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	11	B	Coral trout
Vic.	2001	restaurant	unknown	4	B	Escolar fish
Qld	2001	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	14	D	Spanish mackerel
Qld	2001	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	2	D	Spotted mackerel
Qld	2001	restaurant	Scombroid	4	D	Mahi mahi fillets
Qld	2001	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	3	D	Barracuda fish
Qld	2001	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	4	D	Coral trout
Qld	2001	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	9	D	Spanish mackerel
Qld	2002	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	2	D	Striped Perch
Qld	2002	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	3	D	Grunter bream
Qld	2002	private residence	Ciguatera poisoning	2	D	Spanish mackerel
Qld	2002	restaurant	Clostridium perfringens	9	A	Reef & beef
WA	2002	restaurant	Norovirus	60	A	Seafood salad; ravioli; grilled chicken

A: statistical evidence from epidemiological investigation
B: compelling supportive evidence
C: laboratory evidence
D: no specific evidence.
Data provided by Janet Li (OzFoodNet 2003).