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Article: FDA steps up seafood sampling. (Updates).(Food and Drug Administration)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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The FDA is increasing its sampling of imported shrimp and crayfish (also known as crawfish) to check for the presence of the antibiotic chloramphenicol. The agency is taking this action because low levels of the drug in imported shrimp and crayfish have been detected by some states and other countries.
Chloramphenicol is a potent, broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat serious infections in people. Federal regulations prohibit its use in food-producing animals and animal-feed products because it has not been possible to identify a safe level of human exposure to chloramphenicol
"The FDA is concerned about any detection of chloramphenicol in shrimp and ...