Abstracts:

EVALUATION OF AN ELISA TECHNIQUE FOR THE DETECTION OF DOMOIC ACID IN THE SCOTTISH ASP MONITORING PROGRAMME.

S. Gallacher 1., M.MacKenzie1., N. Brown, 1.P. Hess P1., C. Ferguson, 1. and I.Garthwaite2.

1FRS, Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, Victoria Rd., Aberdeen, AB11 PDB, Scotland; 2AgResearch, Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, East Street, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Monitoring of shellfish for amnesic shellfish toxins, principally domoic acid (DA), was implemented in Scotland in 1998 due to the inclusion of this toxin group in an amendment of the EU Directive on shellfish safety (EU 91/492). Routine testing involves evaluation of the DA content of shellfish using HPLC with either UV or DIODE array detection. Previously an ELISA technique, based on a DA antibody, was reported to be effective at detecting DA in shellfish. In this study its use in a monitoring programme to screen out negative samples, hence reducing requirements for more expensive analytical techniques, was assessed. The data generated will be presented and the feasibility of this approach discussed.

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