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Salmon breeding Bergen region Photo: EFF GaumyPhoto: EFF Gaumy

Farmed salmon is safe to eat

Seafood safety //

No residues of drugs have been found in farmed fish and the level of environmental pollutants was also consistently low. These are the findings of the annual surveillance programme carried out by NIFES on behalf of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

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Status report on the levels of undesirable substances and drug residues in farmed fish

Aquaculture Photo: EFF
Seafood safety //

The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) concludes that content of undesirable substances in Norwegian farmed fish shows low levels of substances in various species, and a decline in total dioxins and dioxin-like PCB in farmed salmon.

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No harmful products should reach the market

Seafood safety //

The main aim for Norwegian authorities is that no harmful products should reach the market. A prerequisite to secure seafood safety is monitoring of undesirable substances such as  environmental pollutants, additives, residues of pharmaceuticals for aquaculture, microorganisms and parasites in seafood from both wild catch and farmed fish, fish feed and feed resources.

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The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Telephone: +47 22 24 90 90
Fax: +47 22 24 95 85
E-mail: postmottak@fkd.dep.no

P.O. Box 8118 Dep,
N-0032 Oslo

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