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 Health, Nutrition & Safety
Health & Nutrition
Simply Seafood Guide
This guide provides shopping tips, common species forms, distribution, cost, cooking suggestions, and nutritional statistics for a wide variety of seafood species from skates to squid.
About Seafood — Health and Nutrition
Details about the benefits of a seafood diet are available here in addition to nutrient profiles for a variety of seafood fish and shellfish species.
Seafood Nutritional Information
This page from Delaware Sea Grant provide a general overview of seafood nutrition.
Low in Calories, High in Nutrition
General information about the nutritious benefits of fish are covered in this article from Wisconsin Sea Grant.
Safety
Seafood Information and Resources
Recent announcements, background information, foodborne pathogens and contaminants, HAACP regulations, and federal state programs are covered in this site from the USFDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Seafood HACCP
This site gives an overview of the seafood HACCP program and regulations.
Safe Oysters
This site from the California and Georgia Sea Grant programs provides up-to-date information on Vibrio in oysters and safety advisories on oyster consumption, with a comprehensive section for health care professionals.
Fish and Shellfish Toxins
Learn about fish and shellfish toxins such as Ciguatera and Pfiesteria on this page from NCSU.
Consumer Handling and Seafood Safety
Topics on this site include handling and storage, fresh seafood, frozen seafood, raw finfish, and how much seafood to buy.
Handling Seafood Safely
Various subjects from vibrio to seafood cross-contamination are covered on this site.
Seafood Safety
This page provides basic background information and detailed descriptions of viral and bacterial contaminants, toxins, and parasites. |
