More than 100 participants gathered at the first conference organized by the Società Italiana Ricerca Applicata Molluschicoltura  (SIRAM) at the University of Teramo in Italy.

Different relevant subjects such as the shellfish situation in Europe and the role of DG Mare, or the national shellfish production were discussed.  With regards to the shellfish safety, the director of the National Reference laboratory for marine toxins presented the validation of LC-MS method for lipophilic toxins monitoring.

ZEU INMUNOTEC together with its local partner DIESSECHEM presented the kit OkaTest for determination of OA-toxins in shellfish OkaTest is a functional assay able to detect the toxicity due to these type of toxins in shellfish samples. The kit is rapid and easy-to-use and it can be used as complementary to the reference method for lipiophilic toxins monitoring. OkaTest has been inter-laboratory validated by 16 labs and complies with the European Reference lab for marine toxins requirements and current regulations EC No.15/2011