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Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-127
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Validation and implementation of rapid test kits for detection of OsHV-1

Following the outbreak of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) in the Port River, South Australia in summer 2017-18, a need was identified for rapid diagnostic technology for OsHV-1, the causative agent of POMS. During the February 2016 OsHV-1 outbreak in Tasmania, tracing activities in...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-753
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: SCRC RTG 3.3: Zooplankton research tour and fish hatchery/farm visits in Taiwan (Dr Bennan Chen)"

Dr Chen undertook a research tour in Taiwan, as previously organised, to investigate the copepod pond production system used for marine larval finfish rearing. This involved capturing information about the system and getting some hands-on experience. The system could possibly be adopted, with...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-210
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Sturgeon aquaculture in Australia: feasibility study

This project examined the feasibility of farming sturgeons in Australia. These large fish in the family Acipenseridae are the source of caviar, one of the world’s highest value luxury goods. Australian aquaculture has goals to expand and one way to achieve this is to farm high-value products...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
SPECIES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-806
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Future Oysters CRC-P: Advanced aquatic disease surveillance for known and undefined oyster pathogens

This project improved understanding of methods for surveillance for several diseases of farmed oysters. Surveillance is a critical component of biosecurity and aquatic animal health activities. Surveillance supports understanding health status of populations of animals, provides evidence...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation

SafeFish - research to support food safety, trade and market access

Project number: 2015-212
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $579,162.00
Principal Investigator: Alison Turnbull
Organisation: SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2015 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Maintaining and enhancing market access for Australian seafood is critical for future industry growth.
SafeFish makes a significant contribution to this by:
• Researching and providing technical input to international multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations such as Codex
• Providing research and technical support to food safety incidents to minimise trade disruptions, including supporting appropriate risk communication
• Identifying emerging food safety issues and determining appropriate research and technical responses that will protect Australia’s continued access to markets
• Conducting research on seafood hazards to support risk management decisions e.g. sulphites in canned abalone, cadmium in prawns, parasites in finfish.
• Facilitating national and international expertise networks (including networks between researchers, industry and regulators)
• Developing and supporting food safety research and diagnostic capabilities e.g. marine biotoxin laboratory, norovirus and hepatitis A virus testing
• Supporting productive partnerships between industry and regulators such as Biosecurity Australia and FSANZ to enable utilisation of research findings and to facilitate “considered” responses to food safety issues.
Funding is required to undertake research on priority issues, supportcapacity, infrastructure and capability that has been developed through SafeFish since 2010. The ASCRC estimates the benefit/cost ratio for SafeFish is 11 to 1 with benefits accruing far wider than just to the industries involved. Ensuring the safety of seafood and sustaining access to markets provides significant public benefit.
This application is to bridge the gap to assist the transition between the ASCRC winding up and the FRDC implementing the recent changes to the PIRD Act that will enable ongoing industry investment. Several industry sectors (Abalone Council of Australia, Southern Rocklobster Limited, & Oysters Australia) have also committed funding for SafeFish using their respective FRDC IPA funds.

Objectives

1. To ensure continued delivery of robust food safety research and advice to industry and regulators that underpins Australia’s reputation as a producer of safe seafood.
2. To maintain and enhance the capabilities of SafeFish to provide that research and advice in a cost effective, efficient and timely manner.

Report

ISBN: 978-1-876007-10-2
Authors: Natalie Dowsett Stephen Pahl Navreet Malhi and Alison Turnbull
Report • 2018-05-01 • 1.80 MB
2015-212-DLD.pdf

Summary

SafeFish is an initiative that was developed by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) with Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC) funding in 2010 (Project 2010-752-10: SafeFish – Seafood Trade Expert Panel). The project ran until the cessation of the ASCRC in 2015, at which point the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and several industry bodies provided funding for an additional three years from 2015 to 2018 (Project 2015-212: SafeFish – Research to support Food Safety, Trade and Market Access). Since its inception, SafeFish has successfully enabled seafood industry sectors to respond in a coordinated and professional manner to technical trade and market access impediments that arise, especially in relation to food safety and hygiene. It provides industry and government departments with access to technical and scientific capability to manage known risks, and assists to identify and address new risks and market access barriers that emerge.

Project products

Website

Summary

Ongoing reporting of Safefish activities can be found at the SafeFish webiste: http://safefish.com.au/
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-729
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: Seafood CRC: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - SARDI Shellfish Food Safety

The permitted level of sulphites/SO2 in canned abalone is 0 ppm in China’s food regulations and 1000 ppm in Australia’s food regulations. China is a major importer of Australian canned abalone, Both directly and via Hong Kong, and enforcement of the 0 ppm sulphites/SO2 in canned abalone has resulted...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-201
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Innovative Solutions For Aquaculture: planning and management - addressing seal interactions in the finfish aquaculture industry

The broad aims of this study were to provide information on the foraging zones of seals, and the location of breeding colonies and haulout locations in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, to assist in the zoning, appropriate placement and management of future finfish aquaculture...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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