Half Way through 2015, FDA’s Refusals of Shrimp for Banned Antibiotics Hits Record High
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported refusing 112 seafood entry lines in June 2015. Of these, 29 (26%) were of shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Through the first half of 2015, the FDA has now refused a total of 232 entry lines of shrimp products for reasons related to banned antibiotics. There […]
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released data for February 2015 indicating that of the 114 entry lines of seafood refused last month, 24 were of imported shrimp for reasons related to veterinary drug residues. Nineteen of the entry lines refused for banned antibiotics were of shrimp shipped from Malaysia, four for shrimp shipped from India, and one […]