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U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Seafood Products Research Center
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
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RFE Page 0 - Top Page for Canary Rockfish
(Rockfish; Sebastes pinniger)

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High Resolution
Photographic Images
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Hazard, Market,
Geographic and
Nomenclature Information
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Taxonomic
Information
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IEF Protein
Patterns
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IEF Protein
Pattern Analysis
Toolkit

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DNA Fragment
Patterns
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DNA Fragment
Pattern Analysis
Toolkit
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DNA Sequence
Information
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Species-Related
and
General References

This DISCLAIMER pertains to the use of the RFE and to the use of images and data therein.


The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) is a compilation of data in several formats that assists with the accurate identification of fish species. It was developed to help federal, state, and local officials and purchasers of seafood identify species substitution and economic deception in the marketplace. The RFE includes for each of a number of commercially relevant fish species for sale in the U.S. market high-resolution photographs as their scanned digital images (jpeg format) of whole fish and their marketed product forms (such as fillets) which may be used for visual comparison to a whole fish in question (or its marketed product form). The RFE also includes unique taxonomic characteristics (physical properties such as size, shape, color, etc.), usually in a "checklist" format, to aid in identification. In addition there is chemical taxonomic information consisting of species-characteristic biochemical patterns which may be compared quantitatively to patterns obtained by an appropriate laboratory analysis of the fish in question. These patterns include data from IEF (isoelectric focusing) and RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) studies.

A more detailed Description of the development and implementation of the RFE and a graphical representation of the IEF Gel format and layout are available.

General CFSAN and Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) Web Implementations: Contact Fred Fry at frf@vm.cfsan.fda.gov

Automatic Generation of RFE HTML files by Delphi 4 Database (Borland, Inc.) Application (RFE Database Application in Delphi4 interface.): Contact Brad Tenge at btenge@ora.fda.gov.

RFE Data Production and Tracking Paradox/Delphi Database design and maintenence: Contact Brad Tenge at btenge@ora.fda.gov and Ngoc-Lan Nguyen at nnguyen@ora.fda.gov.

Specific FDA taxonomy (morphology, nomenclature) consultations and authentication arrangements: Contact Warren Savary at wsavary@ora.fda.gov.

Species selections made in conjunction with FDA Seafoods National Expert Jim Barnett of the Seattle District: Contact Jim Barnett at jbarnett@ora.fda.gov.

FDA-approved Seafood Nomenclature and FDA Seafood List: Contact Spring Randolph (CFSAN Office of Seafoods) at srandolp@cfsan.fda.gov.

Electronic Seafood List of FDA-approved Market Names: Contact Fred Fry at frf@vm.cfsan.fda.gov.

Complete listing of RFE Contacts: Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia RFE Team, FDA collaborators, and acknowledgments for contributors and independent authenticators (from National Marine Fisheries Service and California Academy of Sciences) of seafood species specimens.


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Last updated on 2002-DEC-26 by bjt/frf/nln