National Monitoring Plan for POAO: Data Analysis Report 2022-23 - Sampling for biotoxins

There were 42 samples from 15 countries taken and checked for the presence of biotoxins. There were no non-compliant samples.

The greatest number of biotoxin samples were taken from Morocco (5 or 12%), Sri Lanka (5 or 12%) and Thailand (5 or 12%).

Figure 13 - Samples taken by country of origin and percentage of total

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Country of origin	Number of samples	Percentage
Morocco	5	12%
Sri Lanka	5	12%
Thailand	5	12%
Mauritius	4	10%
Seychelles	4	10%
Vietnam	4	10%
Chile	2	5%
China	2	5%
Indonesia	2	5%
Peru	2	5%
Philippines	2	5%
South Korea	2	5%
Ecuador	1	2%
Papua New Guinea	1	2%
United States	1	2%
Total	42

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Of the samples tested for biotoxins, only histamine was recorded (42).