FDA should improve import testing

18 May 2011

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is failing to ensure the safety of imported seafood, according to a new report issued by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO called the FDA's seafood-sampling programme 'limited' and 'ineffective' because the agency does not test for drugs that some, including the EU, have approved for use in aquaculture. As a result, seafood containing residues of drugs not approved for use in the United States may be entering the US market.

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