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Multi-Agency Response

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Ensuring Seafood Safety After A Disaster

Environmental Law Institute Seminar

November 15, 2013

Presentation Overview

• Preventive measures

• Re-opening protocol

• Seafood safety criteria and methods

• Testing for re-opening and results

• Extended surveillance testing and results

• Federal and state interagency coordination

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Preventive Measures

• Closure of oil-spill impacted waters to commercial &

recreational watercraft and fishing

• Closure of areas expected to be impacted by oil to

commercial or recreational watercraft and fishing

• Testing of seafood from open waters to verify that

closures were protective

• Performance of HACCP Inspections at Primary Seafood

Processors & Wholesalers across Gulf Coast


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Re-opening Protocol

• Developed by federal and state multi-agency

consensus – completed June 18, 2010

• Established strict criteria for decision-making

and the assessment of Seafood Safety

http://www.fda.gov/food/ucm210970.htm





Criteria for Ensuring Seafood Safety (view at www.fda.gov “Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill update”)


http://www.fda.gov

Testing to Re-open Waters for Fishing Performed June 2010 – April 2011

• FDA tested seafood from state waters

• NOAA tested seafood from federal waters

• All seafood was tested using

1. Organoleptic evaluation

2. Chemical analysis

3. Chemical testing for dispersant marker

• Methods details can be viewed at www.fda.gov

“Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update”


http://www.fda.gov

Corexit 9500 Ingredients

• Propylene glycol (CAS 57-55-6)

– a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food additive, among other

common uses

• Petroleum distillates hydrotreated light fraction (CAS 64742-47-8)

– a mixture of food-grade n-alkanes ranging from nonane to hexadecane

• Ethoxylated sorbitan mono- and trioleates and sorbitan monooleate

(CAS 1338-43-8, 9005-65-6, 9005-70-3)

– Surfactants used in cosmetics, toothpaste and other consumer products

• Sodium dioctylsulfosuccinate (CAS 577-11-7)

– a wetting agent in food, industrial, and cosmetic applications and a OTC

medicinal laxative


Selection of Corexit 9500 Marker

• Sodium dioctylsulfosuccinate (CAS 577-11-7)

– Bioactivity

– Low volatility

– Potential for persistence in the environment

• U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health &

Human Services, http://www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/. Search term 577-11-7.

Accessed 10/22/2010.

• R. A. Flurer et al., Determination of dioctylsulfosuccinate in select seafoods

using a QuEChERS extraction with liquid chromatography – triple

quadrupole mass spectrometry. Laboratory Information Bulletin. U.S. Food

and Drug Administration (2010) & www.fda.gov gulf oil spill updates


http://www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

http://www.fda.gov

Testing to Re-open Waters for Fishing Performed June 2010 – April 2011

(continued)

• 2,824 specimens collected from state waters and tested by

organoleptic and chemical analyses

• 5,387 specimens collected from federal waters and tested by

organoleptic and chemical analyses

• 20% of all tests verified by repeat testing in other laboratories

• 50% of specimens subjected to testing for dispersant residue


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Results from Testing to Re-open Waters for Fishing Performed June 2010 – April 2011

• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels in all test

samples found to be 100 to 1000 times below levels of

concern

• Dispersant (DOSS) levels in all test samples found to be

below LOD in majority of samples and > 1000 times below

level of concern in the few samples in which it was detected

• Results are available at www.fda.gov > More Public Health

Focus > Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update


http://www.fda.gov


Extended Surveillance Testing Plan October 1, 2010 to October 1, 2012

• Sample collection from 118 primary processors or wholesalers

across the Gulf Coast

• 42 seafood specimens targeted for collection from each firm

– 24 oysters; 8 crabs; 200 grams shrimp (approx. 10)

• 4,956 total oysters, crabs & shrimp targeted

• Actual number of specimens collected contingent upon seasonal

availability of products.


Extended Surveillance Testing Completed For the period October 1, 2010 to April 8, 2011

• 106 seafood primary processors or wholesalers inspected

and samples collected

• 1,406 seafood specimens tested

• Average of 281 specimens tested per month



Results from Extended Surveillance Testing Completed from October 1, 2010 to April 8, 2011

• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels in all

test samples found to be 100 to 1000 times below

levels of concern

• Dispersant (DOSS) levels in all test samples found to

be below LOD in majority of samples and > 1000 times

below level of concern in the few samples in which it

was detected


Federal – State Interagency Coordination

• NMFS and State public health agencies also

testing for PAH and dispersant residues

• FDA, NMFS and State cooperation on uniformity

of methods established

• Seafood testing is currently scheduled to continue

for two years by FDA

• Data is reviewed every six months to ensure

proper targeting of vulnerable species


Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Status of Seafood Safety

Fish and shellfish harvested from areas reopened

or unaffected by the DWH oil spill closures are

considered safe to eat


Efforts to Ensure the Safety of

Seafood Imports from Japan

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• Notification and Assessment

• Government of Japan (GOJ) Response

• FDA Food Safety Screening

• Surveillance Results

Presentation Overview



EPA RadNet Monitoring System

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Levels of Interest


GOJ Surveillance Testing Thru August 2013

• Since March 2011 over 528,000 samples have been

collected and analyzed.

Press release date

Food origin Sampling date Food tested Level of radioactive contaminants in food (expressed as radionuclide levels (Bq/kg)).

Prefecture Area

Iodine-131 Cesium-134 Cesium-137 Total Sum Cesium

2-Apr-11 Ibaraki Oarai-machi 1-Apr-11 pacific sandeel 66 66 4-Apr-11 Ibaraki Oarai-machi 1-Apr-11 sand lance 1900 66 66

4-Apr-11 Ibaraki kitaibaraki-shi 1-Apr-11 sand lance 4080 447 447 5-Apr-11 Ibaraki Hitachinaka-shi Isozaki offshore 4-Apr-11 sand lance 600 83 83 5-Apr-11 Ibaraki Kitaibaraki-shi offshore 4-Apr-11 sand lance 1700 526 526

9-Apr-11 Fukushima Iwaki-shi 7-Apr-11 sand lance 1,700 280 290 570 9-Apr-11 Fukushima Iwaki-shi 7-Apr-11 sand lance 1,200 240 260 500 9-Apr-11 Fukushima Iwaki-shi 7-Apr-11 sand lance 1,500 240 250 490

9-Apr-11 Fukushima Iwaki-shi 7-Apr-11 sand lance 1,100 240 240 480 11-Apr-11 Ibaraki Hitachinaka offshore 8-Apr-11 sand lance 598 81 81 12-Apr-11 Ibaraki Kitaibaraki-shi offshore 11-Apr-11 sand lance 2,300 420 420

13-Apr-11 Fukushima Iwaki-shi 13-Apr-11 sand lance 12,000 6,200 6,300 12500 13-Apr-11 Fukushima Iwaki-shi 13-Apr-11 sand lance 300 190 200 390 13-Apr-11 Ibaraki Kitaibaraki-shi offshore 13-Apr-11 sand lance 1,600 357 357

13-Apr-11 Ibaraki Hitachinaka-shi offshore 13-Apr-11 sand lance 397 66 66


http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/2011eq/index_food_radioactive.html



FDA Surveillance Testing

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm247403.htm

• To date FDA has:

– Performed nearly 45,000 field examinations at import entry

– Collected ~ 1,600 food samples, ~ 200 were seafood products.

• None of the seafood samples analyzed had any

detected levels of radiation.


Fukushima Nuclear Plant Disaster

Status of Seafood Safety

Japanese seafood in commerce within the

United States has been screened both in Japan

prior to export and in the United States upon

entry. Because of the work performed to limit

this radiological hazard, we are confident that the

seafood imported into the United States from

Japan is safe to eat.


Additional Information

• Debris

http://icais.org/pdf/2013abstracts/2Tuesday/Session%20C-

5/250_Brady.pdf

• Various Resources

http://www.usa.gov/Japan2011.shtml


http://icais.org/pdf/2013abstracts/2Tuesday/Session C-5/250_Brady.pdf

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