FDA may rely more on China's inspection of its seafood exports to U.S.
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Inside US-China Trade] - November 19, 2014
The FDA may soon decrease port-of-entry inspections of farm-raised seafood from China and increasingly entrust Chinese authorities with verifying that the country's aquaculture exports are free of illegal animal drug residues, according to a senior agency official.
Mike Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, said in a Nov. 12 interview that he expects the agency to act "fairly soon" to lift existing FDA import alerts on Chinese seafood, which require shipments to be physically inspected...
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