C. Effective seafood inspection program
1. Establish safe criteria for consumption of seafood with man-made and naturally occurring toxics and other biohazards
2. Conduct comprehensive and continuous monitoring
of all facilities from dockside to retail
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EXISTING PROGRAMS: 1. Outreach ·
2. Regulation ·
EPA Human Health
Criteria ·
FDA inspection ·
VMRC Enforcement N/A 3.
Monitoring – ·
4. Planning/coordination ·
5. Research ·
N/A
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MISSING ELEMENTS: 1. Outreach ·
2. Regulation ·
3. Authority ·
Establish EPA
criteria for safe levels of all toxins 4. Monitoring ·
Expand monitoring of
environment and harvested seafood 5. Planning/coordination ·
6. Research · Develop technology to identify and detect bio-toxins rapidly and inexpensively for closures/warnings 7. Definition of management
targets |
