FDA Adds Nekkanti Sea Foods to Import Alert on Nitrofurans; Refuses Shrimp Contaminated with Banned Antibiotics from Five Different Countries in April
This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 107 total seafood entry line refusals in April, of which eight (7.5%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Over the first four months of this year, the FDA has refused a total of 31 entry lines of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics, […]
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FDA Refuses Indian Shrimp Containing Nitrofurans in March
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 57 total seafood entry line refusals in March, of which three (5.3%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Over the first quarter of 2022, the FDA has refused a total of 23 entry lines of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. The three shrimp […]
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For the Sixth Straight Month, FDA Sets Record Low for Refusals of Imported Seafood
This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published data reporting that there were 23 total seafood entry line refusals in October (through at least October 23rd) of which three (13%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. In addition, the FDA has also now reported an additional eleven seafood entry line refusals in September increasing the […]
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Again in July, FDA Rejects Indian Shrimp for Antibiotic Contamination and Salmonella
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released information regarding import refusals in July reporting that 2 out of the 157 (1.3%) total seafood entry line refusals last month were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. This was the lowest number of entry lines refused for antibiotic contamination this year. Through July, there have been a total of […]
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Know Your Supplier (Update): The Broken Record, Banned Antibiotics, and Vietnamese Shrimp
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently released information regarding refusals of imported seafood in June 2014. In total, 126 entry lines of seafood products were refused last month. Of these, a remarkable 25 were shipments of shrimp refused for contamination with banned veterinary drugs. The Southern Shrimp Alliance’s informal tracking of data released by the FDA indicates that […]