CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
Game-changing testing for brevetoxins in shellfish will soon be able to be carried out at a new national testing facility in suburban Adelaide, fast tracking results for small businesses impacted by South Australia's algal bloom.
As part of the $28 million algal bloom support package jointly funded with the Albanese Government, the Malinauskas Government has engaged local company Agilex Biolabs to develop the methodology to allow the testing for brevetoxins to be carried out at its Thebarton laboratory.
Whilst the vast majority of South Australia's oyster industry is open and trading as usual, brevetoxins have been detected in shellfish in Austr...