Lab tests find traces of farmed antifouling chemicals in Norwegian salmon

The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (HI) recently found in laboratory tests that farmed salmon fillets contained a small amount of the chemical tralopyril, a commonly used antifouling agent in fish cages to replace traditional copper impregnation agents. In addition to salmon, traces of such compounds were also detected in marine species such as black flounder, bluegill and krill. Researcher Beate Hoddevik expressed concern about this and believed that this phenomenon could pose a potential risk to food safety. Bj?rn Einar, a senior researcher at the Institute of Marine Research Gr?svik pointed out that in the laboratory environment, although the content of trolopyridine in salmon fillets was extremely low, just slightly above the detection limit, its presence still caused concern. Gr?svik said that trolopyridine is not a natural chemical, and there is currently no established limit for its use in food and animal feed. Unlike other chemicals used to treat salmon parasites, ...