Under the leadership of U.S. Senator David Vitter, a letter has been sent to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, asking that the FDA step up its efforts to ensure the public understands that Gulf seafood is safe to eat.
The letter was also signed by Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas and Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby of Alabama.
Vitter is urging the Food and Drug Administration to “publicly and vigorously” declare that Gulf seafood is safe to eat. Outside groups such as the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have recently claimed that Gulf seafood is not safe for consumption, even though all tests have shown that Gulf seafood is safe to eat.
The letter is the second one sent to Commissioner Hamburg by Senator Vitter urging the FDA to take a more public stand on the safety results of their own and other agencies’ testing. The first letter was sent November 4 and there was no response from Hamburg.
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