The National Seafood Inspection Laboratory (NSIL) was established as the Regional Pascagoula Technology Station in 1957 and was reorganized in 1974 to scientifically support the Department of Commerce National Seafood Inspection
Program. As a result of an Agency reorganization in 1996, NSIL adapted its food safety risk analysis expertise to support specific fishery management and data collection programs of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries in the Headquarters
Division of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
NSIL supplies seafood and aquatic animal health information and data to:
- DOC/NOAA/NMFS/OSF
- Other Federal Agencies
- State Agencies
- Academia
- Industry
- Media
- Consumers
- Other Stakeholders
The
mission of the National Seafood Inspection
Laboratory is to provide analytical
laboratory, data management, Regulatory
Compliance Risk Analysis, and Information Transfer
expertise to meet the Office of Sustainable
Fisheries (OSF) fishery management and
seafood safety responsibilities.
Established
as the Regional Pascagoula Technology
Station in 1957, NSIL was reorganized
in 1974 to scientifically support the
Department of Commerce National Seafood Inspection
Program. As a result of an Agency reorganization
in 1996, NSIL adapted its food safety
risk analysis expertise to support specific
fishery management and data collection
programs of the OSF in the headquarters
of the National Marine Fisheries Service. The following
links will take you to brochures describing
the various programs of the NSIL. |