2018 Refusals of Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp in Line with 2017
For the month of December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that 3 out of the 78 (3.8%) total seafood entry line refusals were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Additionally, the FDA updated its reporting for the month of November to include an additional three entry line refusals of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. […]
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Commerce Department Orders Antidumping Duty Cash Deposit Rates to Be Reset on Indian Shrimp
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has issued the Final Results of the twelfth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India. In that administrative proceeding, Commerce looked at imports of Indian shrimp that entered the United States between February 1, 2016 and January 31, 2017. Commerce individually reviewed the sales of two Indian shrimp […]
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Supreme Court Rejects Request to Review Commerce’s Authority to Apply High Antidumping Duties in Response to Exporters’ Fraud
In multiple administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on Chinese shrimp, the Chinese shrimp producer and exporter Hilltop International provided false information to the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) regarding the relationship the company had with a Cambodian company (Ocean King (Cambodia)) that exported shrimp to the United States. Although Hilltop International claimed to have no relationship with Ocean King, […]
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U.S. Shrimp Industry Recommends Changes to Strengthen FDA
Tarpon Springs, FL—On Monday before the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety, the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) advocated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adopt rigorous safety systems for imported seafood similar to those found in the European Union, Japan and Canada and the USDA’s regulation of imported meat, poultry, and egg products. Currently, the FDA relies solely […]