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This page has been developed to support managers and others who have completed Seafish’s Bivalve Purification Management course.
Pre course materials:
Good manufacturing practice guidelines – Live bivalves workbook
Post course support and resources:
Online exam – please email our Onshore Training team using the contact page below for the online exam link if you were not sent it after the course.
Powerpoint slides from the course as a pdf.
Seafish webpages:
You may want to start with this pdf handy Seafish guide (published 2021).
General food hygiene legislation
Delivering safe bivalves to market
How to build a shellfish purification centre
Classification of shellfish harvesting areas
Reuse of seawater for purification systems
End Product Testing Guidance:
Algal Toxin testing (Scotland)
Marine Scotland’s 2020 assessment on algal toxins.
Food Standards Agency guide and leaflet on End-Product Testing for toxins for shellfish growers, harvesters and processors
FAO Guidance on traditional Microbial testing/quality control
Guidance on operating Seafish standard designs for purification systems
This webpage contains the resources for the Bivalve Purification Operations course.