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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