Investigated Illnesses and Outbreaks Table Update for Seafood Related Natural Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning
Table 1: Closed Illness and Outbreak Incidents is a list of investigations that were managed by FDA’s Seafood-Related Natural Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Team for Fish Other Than Molluscan Shellfish. The listed incidents have been completed to date.
The table is managed and updated when a significant number of illnesses have been investigated in a specific period of time or at least quarterly.
The table has been updated to illustrate additional information such as
- Pending analytical results;
- Confirmed fish/fishery product species identifications; and
- Completed analytical results.
The following FDA tracking numbers and illness types have been added to the table:
- 23-08-16: SFP;
- 23-09-17: CP;
- 23-09-18: SFP;
- 23-09-20: SFP;
- 23-10-21: SFP;
- 23-10-22: CP;
- 23-08-23: SFP;
- 23-10-24: CP;
- 23-10-25: SFP;
- 23-11-26: CP;
- 23-11-27: CP;
- 23-11-28: SFP;
- 23-11-29: SFP;
- 23-11-30: CP;’
- 23-11-31: CP;
- 23-11-32: SFP; and
- 23-12-33: CP;
The table may be found at: How to Report Seafood-Related Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Illnesses | FDA.
In addition, FDA has updated the verbiage on the website to reflect changes in the program. Please refer to the website for additional information.