{"id":4371,"date":"2018-06-08T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.azti.com\/?p=17930"},"modified":"2020-01-13T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T16:05:39","slug":"european-wide-study-reveals-negligible-risk-for-human-health-of-zoonotic-parasitic-worms-in-farmed-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/en\/european-wide-study-reveals-negligible-risk-for-human-health-of-zoonotic-parasitic-worms-in-farmed-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"European-wide study reveals negligible risk for human health of zoonotic parasitic worms in farmed fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study conducted by the EU Horizon 2020-funded <strong>ParaFishControl<\/strong> project aimed to demonstrate the absence of zoonotic parasitic worms in European farmed fish, specifically in gilthead sea bream, European sea bass, turbot, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout and common carp. Zoonotic parasites are transmitted from animals to humans; zoonotic worms (helminths) can spread to humans when infected fish is consumed raw or partially cooked. From spring 2016 to winter 2017, more than 7,000 fish were analysed from commercial aquaculture farms throughout Europe, including Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Turkey. <strong>No zoonotic parasitic helminths, such as <em>Anisakis<\/em>, were found in any of the examined fish, at a confidence level of 95-99%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is the largest study ever conducted in Europe and the results have been even better than expected. \u201cThis is great news for European aquaculture\u201d said Dr Miguel \u00c1ngel Pardo from AZTI, <strong>ParaFishControl <\/strong>project partner, \u201cresults indicate that consuming fish from European farms presents negligible risk for human health when it comes to zoonotic parasitic worms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These results are part of a larger survey of marine and freshwater farmed fish undertaken by <strong>ParaFishControl<\/strong>, which aims to improve our understanding of fish-parasite interactions and develop innovative solutions and tools to prevent, control and mitigate harmful parasites which affect the main fish species farmed in Europe. This effort was part of the \u201cFish Product Safety\u201d work package, led by AZTI in collaboration with six other consortium members from across Europe (Spanish National Research Council, University of Bologna, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, and University of Bergen).<\/p>\n<p>Dr Miguel \u00c1ngel Pardo explained the importance of these positive results, which \u201chave led us to design more specific research to be carried out on runts as a potential parasite carrier and the feed as possible transmission vector. This will allow us to assess all the crucial aspects in the infection of fish by zoonotic parasites\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The study itself will be published in peer-review journals and will be accessible through the <strong>ParaFishControl<\/strong> project website. These results are a significant indicator of the overall success of the project thus far, with the overlying goal of safe and sustainable European seafood clearly being met. The final outputs of <strong>ParaFishControl<\/strong> will allow European farmers to manage their risk at very low levels, which will differentiate high quality European aquaculture products from others worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the project, please watch the <strong>ParaFishControl<\/strong> video: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9gjvZVUxh_Y\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9gjvZVUxh_Y<\/a>. To stay informed about the progress and results of <strong>ParaFishControl<\/strong>, visit the project\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parafishcontrol.eu\">www.parafishcontrol.eu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"1","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"tax-big-challenge":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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