FDA Refusals Of Shrimp For Antibiotics Increase In October

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published information regarding entry line refusals for the month of October.  The agency reported refusing a total of 112 seafood entry lines last month.  Of these, 17 (15.2%) were of shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related to banned antibiotics.

Through the first nine months of 2015, the FDA has now refused a record total of 377 entry lines of shrimp products for reasons related to banned antibiotics.

Cumulatively, the FDA’s refusals of shrimp entry line for reasons related to banned antibiotics in 2015 substantially exceeds the agency’s actions over the prior thirteen years.  As the table below indicates, the 377 shrimp entry line refusals in just the first nine months of this year exceeds the total number of such refusals in the six years between 2002 and 2007, the four years between 2008 and 2011, and the three years between 2012 and 2014:

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