FDA Refused 22 Shrimp Entry Lines in April and May for Banned Antibiotics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released information regarding entry line refusals for the period running from Tuesday, April 18th through Friday, May 26th. For the full month of April and all but three days of May, 22 of the 227 (9.7%) total seafood entry line refusals reported have been of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. […]
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Know Your Supplier (Continued): Ethoxyquin, Nitrofurans, and Chloramphenicol
In September, the FDA refused 148 shipments of seafood imports. Seven of these refusals (less than five percent) were of frozen shrimp imports. Six shipments of shrimp, sent from exporters in Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, were refused for the presence of salmonella. And one shipment of shrimp from Bangladesh was refused because of nitrofurans and veterinary drug residues. At […]