An EU team studied seafood toxins for which no current safety threshold exists. Amid many other achievements, the team compiled a public database about the contaminants and another online tool for consumer information.
Seafood is generally safe, especially because the environmental contaminants known to be harmful at certain levels are routinely monitored in Europe. However, certain other contaminants have no maximum permitted levels and are neither regulated nor monitored.
Further information: Safety advice on seafood toxins