FDA Continues to Crackdown on Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp in 2022
This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 33 total seafood entry line refusals in January, of which 4 (12.1%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. The four shrimp entry lines refused in January were for shipments from Bangladesh and Vietnam: Gemini Sea Food, Ltd. (Bangladesh), a company that is currently […]
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FDA Rejects Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp from Vietnam and Malaysia in November; Refusals in 2021 All from Just Three Regional Divisions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data over the weekend regarding 54 total seafood entry line refusals in November, of which 2 (3.7%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. The FDA also reported an additional 29 seafood entry line refusals in October that were not part of the agency’s reporting last month. None of […]
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FDA’s Refusals of Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp Will Be Highest Since 2016
Over the weekend, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 126 total seafood entry line refusals in August, of which 6 (4.8%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. The FDA also released additional information regarding refusals of another 35 seafood entry lines in July, of which 5 were of shrimp for reasons related to […]
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Through April, the FDA Has Already Refused More Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp Than All of 2020
This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published data reporting that there were 107 total seafood entry line refusals in April, of which 6 (5.6%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Through the first third of this year, the FDA has now refused more entry lines of antibiotic-contaminated shrimp than were refused in all of […]
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Over First Two Months, FDA Shows Different Approach to Contaminated Imported Shrimp in 2021
This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published data reporting that there were 50 total seafood entry line refusals in February, of which 14 (28.0%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. With a total of 27 entry lines of shrimp refused for banned antibiotics through the first two months of this year, the FDA is […]