Network for introduction of innovative toxicity alert systems for safer seafood products (ALERTOX-NET)

Main seafood toxins are emerging, non-regulated marine toxins that have proliferated in the Atlantic Area as a consequence of climate change and which are harmful towards public health. ALERTOX-NET aims to facilitate market delivery of safer seafood products by putting at disposal of affected industries a new toxicity alert system for prevention strategies/processes across the value chain. This system consists of cost-effective, easy-to-understand, detection and alert methods, which will facilitate adoption by industry. Furthermore, ALERTOX-NET will recommend a regulatory framework addressed to public agents regarding emerging toxins, due to their risks. ALERTOX-NET will have a bottom-up approach: from the “on-the-ground” demonstration in affected industries, to cooperation with Administrations to adapt regulations to the risk represented by emerging toxins. Moreover, the alert system will be also developed for toxins that are currently regulated so that industries which are not adapted can benefit from better protected products for their consumers.