Seafood Flashcards
Seafood Definition
Fresh or Saltwater Finfish, crustaceans, and other forms of aquatic animal life
Who makes the regulations for seafood?
FDA
What is required for all USA seafood plants?
HACCP
Who handles the voluntary seafood inspection program?
Dept. of Commerce (NOAA)
VSIP
Voluntary Seafood Inspection Program
Voluntary Seafood Inspection Program
Inspection for quality and sanitation performed by the Dept. of Commerce (NOAA)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation
What is the reservoir for Vibrio vulnificus?
Coastal waters
How is Vibrio vulnificus transmitted?
Raw improperly cooked seafood
Direct infection of wounds through walking or swimming in contaminated water
What are the clinical signs of Vibrio vulnificus?
Diarrhea
Cramps
Vomiting
Fever
How do you prevent Vibrio vulnificus?
Proper handling of seafood
Cook seafood
Close waters for fishing or swimming when Vibrio is present
What is definitive host of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Humans canids felids mustelids bears
What are the clinical signs of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Minor bloating
Anemia
How is Diphyllobothrium latum transmitted?
Raw infected freshwater fish
How do you prevent Diphyllobothrium latum?
Cook or freeze fish
What is the definitive host of Anisakis spp?
Marine mammals
Humans
What is the intermediate host of Anisakis spp?
Crustaceans
Fish
Squid
What are the clinical signs of Anisakis spp?
Tingling in throat Cough up or pull out worm Abdominal pain nausea diarrhea
How is Anisakis spp transmitted?
Raw infected fish
How is Anisakis spp prevented?
Cook or freeze fish
Gnathostoma spinigerum
Causes aggressive larval migrans through eating infected raw freshwater fish or drinking contaminated water
Capillaria philippinensis
Causes intestinal infection, diarrhea, anorexia due to eating infected freshwater fish or drinking contaminated water
What is Scombrotoxin?
Histamine Fish Poisoning
What are the clinical signs for Scombrotoxin?
burning swelling of mouth nausea vomiting diarrhea headache cramps rash pruritis
How do you prevent Scombrotoxin?
Proper handling of fish especially chilling after catching
Tetrodotoxin
Pufferfish poisoing
What is the vehicle for Tetrodotoxin?
Pufferfish liver, ovaries, and skin
What are clinical signs of Tetrodotoxin?
muscle paralysis
death by asphyxiation
How do you prevent Tetrodotoxin?
Aquaculture of poison free pufferfish
Ciguatera Poisoning
Toxin produced by dinoflagellate protozoans that accumulate in the food chain
What is the vehicle for Ciguatera poisoning?
Eating tropical reef fish
How do you prevent Ciguatera Poisoning?
Avoid eating large predatory fish
Paralytic shellfish poisoning
toxin produced by dinoflagellate that cause red tides
How do you prevent Paralytic Shellfish poisoning?
Close water with red-tide
Check with local health dept. before collecting shellfish
What is the vehicle of Paralytic Shellfish poisoning?
ingesting infected shellfish
Neurotoxic Shellfish poisoning
Neurotoxin produced by dinoflagellate
How do you prevent Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning?
Close waters once people become sick
Check with local health dept. before collecting shellfish
Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
Domoic acid produced by a diatom
What is the vehicle for Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning?
Ingesting infected Shellfish
How do you prevent Amnesic Shellfish Poisoing?
Test Shellfish and close fisheries and recall shellfish when level of Domoic acid rise above the threshold
