U.S., CANADA split over Chinese shrimp - (Wall Street Journal)
December 15, 2007 – 5:56 pmA Chinese seafood company exempted from U.S. safety inspections under a pilot project has, according to this story, been cited by Canada after a cancer-causing antibiotic was detected in a shipment of frozen shrimp.
The story explains that Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products Corp. is the only Chinese seafood company exempted from automatic U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety inspections, but since October, it has been on Canada’s “import alert” list, subjecting its shipments to greater scrutiny.
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official was cited as saying the U.S. didn’t know about the Canadian action until asked by The Wall Street Journal. The HHS official said FDA officials will talk to their Canadian and Chinese counterparts before deciding whether to rescind the company’s exemption in the U.S.
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