Stacey Wiggins, Ph.D., is Science Advisor at FDA's Office of Food Safety's Division of Seafood Safety, located within FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
This article addresses the sources, risk, and management of marine biotoxins found in molluscan shellfish and methods to identify contaminated shellfish meat before marketing. The authors also present an update to the online learning module developed to provide current National Shellfish Sanitation Program marine biotoxin management requirements for molluscan shellfish intended for interstate commerce.
