Section III Public Health Reasons and Explanations – Chapter IV. Shellstock Growing Areas
1. U.S. National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms
2.Food and Drug Administration, Marine Biotoxin Management for Molluscan Shellfish V1_2
3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Anderson Lab
4. U.S. Center for Disease Control, Harmful Algal Bloom Overview
5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Harmful Algal Bloom Overview
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Outbreak Reporting System Dashboard. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC.
7.CDC Yellow Book
Section IV Guidance Documents – Chapter II. Growing Areas
1. 2012 FDA’s Bad Bug Book, Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
2. FAO Paper 80: Marine Toxins. As follows:
a. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
b. Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning
c. Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning
d. Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
e. Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisoning
f. References
3. FDA online course, Shellfish Growing Areas
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
5. NIH/PubMed: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins
1.Verber, 1977, Classification of Offshore Waters, James L. Verber
2. NOAA SIP Contract
a. NOAA SIP Contract information
b. Harvester Contract List
3. State of landing shellfish contacts
4. FDA/NOAA SIP Marine Biotoxin Contingency and Management Plan
5. NSSP Conforming Laboratories