Fisheries Dept: Shrimp from Malaysia facing US ban likely imported from elsewhere
Sunday, 05 Jan 2020 10:47 AM MYTThe Fisheries Department said only certain exporters have been placed on the watchlist. — Picture by KE Ooi
The department was responding to reports that the United States Food and Drug Administration had placed several local exporters on its Red List after 18 shrimp shipment samples from 11 exporters were found to contain traces of chloramphenicol in 2018. Malaysian shrimp exporters have been reportedly placed under watch by the USFDA following the detection of two antibiotics, nitrofurans and chloramphenicol, in 44 shrimp shipment samples sent by numerous Malaysian exporters between 2009 and 2018.
“A total of 2,466 shrimp samples were collected from 2008 till now and analysed by the Fisheries Biosecurity laboratory. No banned antibiotics were found in the shrimp,” the department said.
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