Seafood Groups Weigh in On USTR’s Forced Labor Strategy
In July, a Federal Register Notice was published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) inviting comments from the public regarding the USTR’s efforts to coordinate the federal government’s development of a focused trade strategy to combat forced labor in foreign supply chains. Comments were due on Friday, August 5th and the USTR heard from a number of […]
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Revoke Erroneous Country-of-Origin Ruling for Cooked Shrimp
In response to a request for comments issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Southern Shrimp Alliance formally submitted extensive written comments in support of the agency’s proposal to modify and revoke a ruling letter issued in January 2017 regarding the country-of-origin of certain cooked shrimp imported into the United States. On January 3, 2017, CBP issued a […]
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Federal Court Rejects National Fisheries Institute’s Challenge to Seafood Import Monitoring Program
“In the end, the Rule weathers the storm of Plaintiffs’ various challenges.” This (ill-timed) metaphor concludes the decision issued on Monday by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia rejecting the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) efforts to invalidate the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). In reality, as discussed extensively in the Court’s 67-page opinion, there wasn’t […]
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National Ocean Council Committee Designates Shrimp as an “At-Risk” Species
On Friday, the Federal Register published Notice of the National Ocean Council (NOC) Committee’s finalized principles for determining seafood species at risk of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and seafood fraud, as well as a list of “at-risk” species developed using these principles. Both the list of principles and the list of species are intended to inform the development […]
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Southern Shrimp Alliance Requests that National Ocean Council Committee Designate Shrimp an “At Risk” Species
Yesterday, the Southern Shrimp Alliance submitted formal comments to the National Ocean Council (NOC) Committee regarding “principles” to be used in determining which seafood species are “at risk” for Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and seafood fraud. In those comments, the Southern Shrimp Alliance observed that the “possible principles” identified in the request for comments published in the Federal […]
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Why Does Congress Listen to SSA
Two weeks ago, I was honored to testify to Congress on behalf of the shrimp industry on trade fraud with shrimp imports. I was even more honored to speak in support of strong legislation proposed by Congressmen Boustany and Richmond to address import fraud. Later that evening, ABC News ran a national segment on the continued detection of harmful antibiotics […]
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Japanese and Canadian Governments: Vietnamese Farmed Seafood Imports Unsafe
The Southern Shrimp Alliance today released the results of the organization’s review of the actions taken by the governments of Japan and Canada to address the continued presence of harmful drug residues in Vietnamese seafood exports. In a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Southern Shrimp Alliance reported that Vietnamese shrimp product exports contaminated with antibiotics […]
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Customs Cracks Down on Illegally Labeled Chinese Shrimp Imports
SSA Grateful for Strong Enforcement of Trade and Food Safety Laws Tarpon Springs, FL-The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) applauds the significant efforts undertaken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to prevent evasion of U.S. trade and food safety laws by Chinese shrimp producers. At the port of Los Angeles, CBP officials have stopped over 30 containers of Chinese shrimp […]
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U.S. Shrimpers: Customs and Border Protection Can Help FDA Improve Food Safety
Tarpon Springs, FL—The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) testified yesterday before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Trade that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lags behind the European Union (EU), Japan, and Canada, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in food safety enforcement. In an effort to raise U.S. seafood safety to international […]