2016 Was a Record Year for FDA Refusals of Shrimp Contaminated with Banned Antibiotics
News Alert: 2016 Was a Record Year for FDA Refusals of Shrimp Contaminated with Banned Antibiotics The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) today released information regarding entry line refusals for the last week of November and the month of December. In total, 7 of the 270 (2.6%) entry line refusals in the months of November and December were of […]
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Shipments of Vietnamese Shrimp Contaminated with Antibiotics Discovered by FDA Again in November
News Alert: Shipments of Vietnamese Shrimp Contaminated with Antibiotics Discovered by FDA Again in November Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published information regarding entry line refusals for the month of November. The agency reported refusing a total of 129 seafood entry lines last month. Of these, 9 (7.0%) were of shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related […]
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1 Comment on Shipments of Vietnamese Shrimp Contaminated with Antibiotics Discovered by FDA Again in NovemberKnow Your Supplier: Is Your Peeled and Deveined Shrimp from Malaysia?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently released information regarding refusals of imported seafood in July 2014. In total, 125 entry lines of seafood products were refused last month. For the second month in a row, a significant portion of the total entry lines refused was for shipments of shrimp contaminated with banned veterinary drugs. In June, 25 of […]
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Commerce Announces Preliminary Countervailing Duty Rates, Rejects COGSI’s Arguments Regarding Scope
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced preliminary determinations in the subsidy investigations of frozen warmwater shrimp imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The cash deposit rates announced, along with the relative volume of the shrimp imports represented by each country, are summarized in the table below. Country 2012 Volume (in metric tons) Cash Deposit […]