FDA blocking import of 5 species of fish from China

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Source: CNN

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is blocking the import from China of five species of seafood until their importers can prove they are not contaminated.

"FDA is initiating an import alert against several species of imported Chinese farmed seafood because of numerous cases of contamination with drugs and unsafe food additives," said Dr. David Acheson, the agency's assistant commissioner for food protection, in a conference call with reporters.

The species cited are catfish, eel, shrimp, basa and dace, he said. Basa is similar to catfish; dace is similar to carp.

The medications cited include the antimicrobials nitrofuran, malachite green, gentian violet and fluoroquinolones.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/28/fish.ban/index.html

[Strelnikov_]

1. Catfish and carp are seafood?

Modern 'journalism' at it's finest.

[Paulie]

2. Fish is fish and fish come from the sea, so fish is seafood.

Makes sense to me. Just like whale is seafood because it lives like a fish. :) :sarcasm:

Plus, there isn't a section at the store for "Riverfood" or "Lakefood".