EU and South Korea both detecting antibiotic residues in Vietnamese pangasius
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Saigon Times Daily] By Ngoc Hung - November 20, 2014 -
The EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last month detected 11 batches of tra fish from the country with Nitrofurazone, a prohibited substance, according to the National Agro – Forestry – Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD).
In addition, South Korea’s National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (NFQS) said it would enhance inspections of substances in the Nitrofuran group on tra fish imported from Vietnam. Inspections will be applied on 3% of batches arriving there between November 5 and December 31 this year.
NAFIQAD has stopped checking Triphosphates in fried fish and surimi, Polyphosphates in tra fish and basa fish fillet and frozen shrimp. Meanwhile, Trifluraline inspection in seafood is being reduced to one per 20 batches.
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