August Sets New Record For FDA Refusals Of Shrimp Entry Lines
September 9, 2015 | 2 min to read
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released to the public information regarding entry line refusals for the month of August. The agency reported refusing a total of 207 seafood entry lines last month. Of these, 72 (35%) were of shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related to banned antibiotics.
The refusals of 72 separate entry lines of shrimp for reasons related to antibiotics is the highest amount reported by FDA for any month going back to 2002. With fourteen years worth of data available through the agency’s website, the top five months for shrimp entry line refusals have occurred during the first eight months of this year:
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Rank
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Month
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Shrimp Entry Line Refusals for Antibiotics
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1
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August 2015
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72
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2
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March 2015
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58
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3
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January 2015
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58
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4
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July 2015
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54
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5
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April 2015
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51
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Through last month, the FDA has now refused a total of 358 entry lines of shrimp products for reasons related to banned antibiotics. This exceeds the total amount of entry lines of shrimp refused by the FDA for the same reasons over the three previous years (338).
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