FDA Continues to Report Banned Antibiotics in Indian Shrimp
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released information for entry line refusals for the month of March. The agency reported refusing a total of 208 seafood entry lines last month. Of these, 17 (8.2%) were of shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related to banned antibiotics. The number of shrimp entry lines refused for banned antibiotics last month […]
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Shipments of Vietnamese Shrimp Contaminated with Antibiotics Discovered by FDA Again in November
News Alert: Shipments of Vietnamese Shrimp Contaminated with Antibiotics Discovered by FDA Again in November Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published information regarding entry line refusals for the month of November. The agency reported refusing a total of 129 seafood entry lines last month. Of these, 9 (7.0%) were of shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related […]
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1 Comment on Shipments of Vietnamese Shrimp Contaminated with Antibiotics Discovered by FDA Again in NovemberFDA Crackdown on Contaminated Shrimp Continues – Historic Levels of Entry Line Refusals Surpasses All Previous Agency Experience
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released information regarding import entry line refusals for the month of March 2015. Over one in three of the 155 seafood import entry lines refused last month were for entry lines of shrimp for reasons related to veterinary drug residues. In total, the FDA reported that 58 entry lines of shrimp were refused […]
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Know Your Supplier Update: FDA Refusing Record Amounts of Shrimp Contaminated with Banned Antibiotics
For November 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has reported that the agency refused a total of 82 entry lines of seafood. Of these refusals, 21 were for antibiotic contamination of shrimp products. This reporting continues the recent trend of increased FDA regulatory action to counter the continued presence of banned antibiotics in imported shrimp. As shown in […]