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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1989
BAN ON SALES OF SHELLFISH LIFTED
SALE OF
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) LIFTED THE BAN ON THE
RECENTLY FOUND SHELLFISH TAKEN FROM THE THREE LOCALITIES WHICH WERE
BY A TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISON (PSP) CAUSED TOXIC RED TIDE.
WEEK BY THB THIS FOLLOWED A JOINT OPERATION CARRIED OUT THIS
SERVICES BRANCH MUNICIPAL
AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SHELLFISH FROM 21 LOCALITIES IN LOCAL COASTAL DEPARTMENT TO SAMPLE
LAMMA ISLAND. TWENTY-91x WATERS INCLUDING SHA TAU KOK, JUNK BAY AND SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FOR LABORATORY TESTS.
IN "THE TEST RESULTS HAVE REVEALED THAT THE LEVELS OF TOXICITY
LOCALITIES ALL THE SHELLFISH SAMPLES IN THE
PREVIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE TOXIC RED TIDE HAVE DROPPED DRASTICALLY TO WELL WITHIN THE SAFETY ORGANISATION, THE HYGIENE LIMIT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ADVISOR OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, DR RON PERRY, SAID.
"
DR
PERRY
CONSIDERED THAT
THE HEALTH
RISK
IN CONSUMING
SHELLFISH FROM THESE AREAS WAS MINIMAL.
PUBLIC NOT ΤΟ TAKE IN LARGE
HOWEVER, HE STILL ADVISED THE QUANTITIES OF SUCH SHELLFISH FOR THEIR SAFETY.
TAKEN, 21
WERE SPECIMENS OF
AMONG THE 26 SHELLFISH SAMPLES GREEN MUSSELS, THREE WERE CLAMS, AND TWO WERE OYSTERS.
TIK WAN, SOK KWU TSAI EAST,
THEY WERE TAKEN FROM MA WAN, PENG CHAU, LO WAN, TIN HA WAN, PO TOI O, KAU SAI, YIM TIN TSAI, YIM TIN KAT O, SHA TAU KOK, YUNG SHUE AU, TUNG CHUNG, CHEUNG SHA WAN, WAT, TAI TAU CHAU, LO FU WAT, SHAM WAN, TAP MUN, O PUI TONG AND SHUEN WAN.
MA NAM LEUNG
THE PREVIOUS
THE FIRST 12
LOCATIONS WERE
ALSO COVERED
IN
SAMPLING OPERATION.
THE FINDINGS OF THE SHOWED THAT THEY WERE EITHER UNDETECTABLE.
MICE TESTS CONDUCTED ON
WELL BELOW THE WHO SAFETY
THESE SAMPLES LIMIT OR
APART FROM THE
SHELLFISH SAMPLES,
WATER
SAMPLES
WERE ALSO
TAKEN FROM THESE LOCATIONS.
MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF THESE WATER SAMPLES
COULD NOT DETECT
THE PRESENCE OF THE TOXIC ALGAE, PROTOGONYAULAX CATENELLA.
THE
WERE MICE TESTS
CONDUCTED BY THE FISHERIES OFFICER
• (AQUACULTURE ENVIRONMENT) OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, DR PATSY WONG.
"THE FINDINGS