Final report by CEFAS. 26 January 2007, p. 29. The use of the Jellett rapid testing kit for PSP toxins detection in the UK statutory monitoring programme for marine biotoxins

“The results of the field trial evaluation showed that the JRT gave results in conformity with the MBA”.

Oshiro et al 2006. Harmful Algae 5, 69-73. Paralytic shellfish poisoning surveillance in California using the Jellett Rapid PSP test.

“Even with the high false positive rate (29%) there was a projected 30%  animal reduction if the JRPT was implemented for screening during low PSP season”.

Final Report of the North Pacific Research Board, Project 644. Response and Intervention System for Climate Change Induced Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in Aleut Communities, PSP Monitoring and Outreach. Bruce A. Wright and Ray RaLonde. March 2008. Page 65.

“Collectively, these data suggest that the JRT is an efficient method for rapid screening in order to eliminate shellfish containing low levels of PST’s”.

Turrell, E.A., Lacaze, J.P., Stobo, L., 2007. Harmful Algae 6, 438-448. Determination of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins in UK shellfish.

“Results, from this study, demonstrate the potential of the JRT to effectively screen out PSP toxin negative shellfish samples containing low concentrations of toxins from UK monitoring programmes”.

MacIntosh et al 2002. Journal of AOAC International, 85, 632-641. Assessment of MIST Alert, a Commercial Qualitative Assay for Detection of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Bivalve Molluscs.

“This study suggests that if MISTAlert had been used in the UK monitoring programme in 2000, as many as 61% of the MBA’s undertaken would not have been necessary”.

Turrell et al 2008. Harmful Algae 8, 443-458. Detection of Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) species and amnesic shellfish toxins in Scottish coastal waters using oligonucleotide probes and the Jellett Rapid Test.

“...field friendly tests, such as the JRT, may aid coastal monitoring and provide advanced warning of impending shellfish toxicity”.