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Article: Importers and processors alliance seeks sanity in inspection process: troubles over discovery of forbidden antibiotics in imported seafood have led to draconian measures that unfairly penalize suppliers and processors alike. SIPA works to solve problem.(Seafood Importers and Processors Alliance)
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- Quick Frozen Foods International
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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The discovery of forbidden antibiotics in seafood in 2001 has led to worldwide political turmoil, resulting in several bans, boycotts and special regulations on imports of food from third countries.
Fallout from all this has been so severe that European importers and processors of fishery products from third countries have banded together as the Seafood Importers and Processors Alliance (SIPA) in order to bring some sense into testing standards.
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