Influx of Indian Shrimp in the U.S. Market Causes Health Concerns
India is the leading source of shrimp found by FDA to be contaminated with either salmonella or banned antibiotics In August 2013, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final determination finding that the Indian government provided significant countervailable subsidies to Indian shrimp producers and exporters.[1] Unfortunately, the U.S. government has taken no action to countervail those subsidies since Commerce […]
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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 (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 […]
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Southern Shrimp Alliance Applauds the Federal Government’s Aggressive Criminal Investigation of Antidumping Duty Circumvention
Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced sweeping criminal charges filed in federal court against two companies and five individuals that facilitated the importation and sale of illegal honey imports evading $180 million in antidumping duties. Charges were filed against Groeb Farms, […]
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1 Comment on Southern Shrimp Alliance Applauds the Federal Government’s Aggressive Criminal Investigation of Antidumping Duty CircumventionKnow 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 […]
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GAO Issues Report Calling on FDA to Improve Oversight of Imported Seafood
On May 16, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) made public a report prepared for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reviewing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of banned antibiotics, fungicides, and other harmful drug residues in imported seafood. The report, “Seafood Safety: FDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Imported Seafood and Better Leverage […]