"Chapter 26: Natural Toxins" in the "Compendium of Fish and Fishery
Product Processes, Hazards, and Controls"
(http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/haccp/compendium/compend.htm) has the
following to say about gempylotoxin (the oil contained in escolar)"
Potential Food Safety Hazard:
Escolar or oilfish (i.e. Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus)
contains a strong purgative oil, called gempylotoxin, that may cause
diarrhea when consumed (FDA, 2001).
Control Measures:
FDA advises against importation of escolar (i.e. Lepidocybium
flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus) (FDA, 2001).
Reference:
FDA. 2001. Natural Toxins. Ch. 6. In Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and
Controls Guidance. 3rd ed., p. 73-82. Food and Drug Administration, Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Seafood, Washington, DC.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/haccp4f.html
Regards,
Pamela Tom
University of California
Sea Grant Extension Program
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