Editor's View: Spike in Indian Shrimp Refusals No Cause for Alarm
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Editor's View] by John Sackton August 17, 2016
The Southern Shrimp Alliance and the NGO's that want to restrict imported shrimp have jumped on FDA import refusal data that appear to show a big jump in refusals of shrimp from India due to unapproved antibiotics or animal drugs.
SSA published a graph showing a big jump in rejections of Indian shrimp due to antibiotic residues.
This caused some concern, as even trade media stories suggested that there was an overall problem with increased use of banned antibiotics in shrimp imports.
In fact, the FDA data shows the opposite. Total FDA refusals of shrimp for banned antibiotics have fallen so far in 2016 and are likely to end the year lower than in 2015. This suggests that the targeted FDA program is working,
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