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Article: Chloramphenicol scare slows seafood sales in Louisiana. (Food Safety).(Brief Article)
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- Seafood Business
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- July 1, 2002
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As Southern and federal food-safety officials step up efforts to ensure shrimp and crawfish are free of the banned antibiotic chloramphenicol, a rising number of seafood buyers and suppliers are concerned about consumer reaction to the news.
"No doubt the seafood market has slowed locally," says Harlon Pearce, owner of L A Fish in Kenner, La., a dealer in imported and domestic shrimp and crawfish.
Louisiana restaurants have reported a decline in seafood sales since the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry began testing shrimp and crawfish for chloramphenicol in early May, says Tom Weatherly, director of communications for the Louisiana Restaurant ...