In order to document food safety, NIFES has analysed the content of illegal and legal pharmaceuticals and other undesirable substances in samples of Norwegian farmed fish sampled in 2008.
On behalf of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has analysed individual and pooled samples of farmed fish representing a total of 9066 fish (salmon, rainbow trout, turbot, halibut, cod, Arctic charr and saithe). These were analysed for illegal and legal therapeutic agents, and other undesirables. Samples were taken from all parts of the country throughout 2008, representing about 10% of the fish farms in Norway.
