Five Years Monitoring the Emergence of Unregulated Toxins in Shellfish in France (EMERGTOX 2018–2022)

Type Article
Date 2023-08
Language English
Author(s) Amzil ZouherORCID1, Derrien AmelieORCID2, Terre Terrillon AoureganORCID2, Savar Veronique1, Bertin Thomas3, Peyrat Marion3, Duval Audrey2, Lhaute Korian1, Arnich Nathalie4, Hort Vincent3, Nicoals Marina3
Affiliation(s) 1 : IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea)/PHYTOX/METALG, F-44311 Nantes, France
2 : IFREMER/LITTORAL/LER-BO, F-29900 Concarneau, France
3 : Laboratory for Food Safety, Pesticides and Marine Biotoxins Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), 94701 Maisons-Alfort, France
4 : Risk Assessment Department, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), 94701 Maisons-Alfort, France
Source Marine Drugs (1660-3397) (MDPi), 2023-08 , Vol. 21 , N. 8 , P. 435 (23p.)
DOI 10.3390/md21080435
WOS© Times Cited 4
Note This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Toxins Accumulation in Shellfish
Keyword(s) shellfish, brevetoxins, cyclic imines, cyanotoxins, BMAA, LC-MS/MS
Abstract

Shellfish accumulate microalgal toxins, which can make them unsafe for human consumption. In France, in accordance with EU regulations, three groups of marine toxins are currently under official monitoring: lipophilic toxins, saxitoxins, and domoic acid. Other unregulated toxin groups are also present in European shellfish, including emerging lipophilic and hydrophilic marine toxins (e.g., pinnatoxins, brevetoxins) and the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). To acquire data on emerging toxins in France, the monitoring program EMERGTOX was set up along the French coasts in 2018. Three new broad-spectrum LC-MS/MS methods were developed to quantify regulated and unregulated lipophilic and hydrophilic toxins and the BMAA group in shellfish (bivalve mollusks and gastropods). A single-laboratory validation of each of these methods was performed. Additionally, these specific, reliable, and sensitive operating procedures allowed the detection of groups of EU unregulated toxins in shellfish samples from French coasts: spirolides (SPX-13-DesMeC, SPX-DesMeD), pinnatoxins (PnTX-G, PnTX-A), gymnodimines (GYM-A), brevetoxins (BTX-2, BTX-3), microcystins (dmMC-RR, MC-RR), anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin and BMAA/DAB. Here, we present essentially the results of the unregulated toxins obtained from the French EMERGTOX monitoring plan during the past five years (2018–2022). Based on our findings, we outline future needs for monitoring to protect consumers from emerging unregulated toxins.

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Amzil Zouher, Derrien Amelie, Terre Terrillon Aouregan, Savar Veronique, Bertin Thomas, Peyrat Marion, Duval Audrey, Lhaute Korian, Arnich Nathalie, Hort Vincent, Nicoals Marina (2023). Five Years Monitoring the Emergence of Unregulated Toxins in Shellfish in France (EMERGTOX 2018–2022). Marine Drugs, 21(8), 435 (23p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3390/md21080435 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00848/96021/