GARRY MITCHELL
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is nearing its decision on banning basa catfish from Vietnam, which has already been taken off the shelves in three Southeastern states.
FDA spokesman Mike Herndon said Thursday a decision could come next week on how the agency will rule on the multimillion-dollar catfish imports. The agency is under pressure from an Arkansas congressman for a nationwide ban.
“Right now it’s a state issue,” Herndon said in a telephone interview from FDA’s office in Rockville, Md.
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana banned Vietnam basa catfish after officials detected antibiotics given to prevent disease in Vietnamese fish.Continue Reading FDA near decision on Vietnam basa catfish ban
Louisiana Recalls and Stops Sale of Some 700,000 Pounds of Fish from Vietnam Pending Investigation Into Use of Antibiotic Banned by the FDA in July
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Posted in Campylobacter Watch
Date Published: August 17, 2005
Source: Newsinferno.com News Staff
Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Robert Odom announced on Monday that nearly 350 tons (700,000 pounds) of Vietnamese seafood has been taken off the market since Friday and remain must remain frozen until it can be analyzed for an antibiotic that is not allowed in food.
Inspectors are checking cold storage facilities, seafood markets, restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail establishments, looking for any basa catfish, crab meat, and any other seafood products from Vietnam.Continue Reading Louisiana Recalls and Stops Sale of Some 700,000 Pounds of Fish from Vietnam Pending Investigation Into Use of Antibiotic Banned by the FDA in July