FDA Refuses More Antibiotic-Contaminated Indian Shrimp in August
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 43 total seafood entry line refusals in August, of which five (11.6%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Through August of this year, the FDA has refused a total of 53 entry lines of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics and remains on track […]
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FDA’s Refusals of Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp Highest in a Year
Over the weekend, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released information regarding import refusals in May indicating that 8 out of the 111 (7.2%) total seafood entry line refusals last month were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. This is the highest total of refusals of entry lines for these reasons since April 2017. For the year, the […]
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Minh Phu Leads the FDA’s March Shrimp Refusals for Antibiotics; Japanese and Canadian Government Reporting Also Indicate Issues
This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) released information regarding entry line refusals for the month of March. In total, 7 of the 209 (3.3%) of the entry line refusals reported for last month were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. In addition, the FDA reported refusing another 7 entry lines of shrimp exported from China […]
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Chinese Shrimp Continue to Show Antibiotic Contamination
Over the weekend, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) released information regarding entry line refusals for February. In total, 10 of the 122 (8.2%) of the entry line refusals reported for last month were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. The ten shrimp entry lines refused by the FDA for banned antibiotics in February were from […]