Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya of the Federal Trade Commission, along with attorney advisor Max Miller, met with members of the U.S. shrimp industry in Mississippi and Alabama this month to learn about the American shrimp market and hear about misleading marketing practices in the foodservice sector that have undermined the ability to sell domestic, wild-caught shrimp. …
On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an updated Import Alert 16-129, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products Due to Nitrofurans,” to now include Choice Canning Company Unit II (A Division of Choice Trading Corporation Pvt Ltd). With the FDA’s announcement, the Choice Canning processing plant joins twelve other Indian shrimp processing plants on the Import Alert. …
The proposed legislation stems from concerns raised by the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) last year in A Crisis of Our Own Making, a research report cataloging the role played by international financial institutions, like the World Bank, in the creation of excess shrimp aquaculture capacity. U.S. taxpayers help fund development programs through international financial institutions, including billions of dollars invested in foreign shrimp aquaculture. …
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 60 seafood entry line refusals in March, of which five (8.3%) were for shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. …
Through the disclosures of a whistleblower, The Outlaw Ocean Project documents the abhorrent conditions maintained in company-owned living quarters for migrant workers who peeled shrimp for export. Its publicly released documents highlight active, intentional steps taken by officials at the processor to prevent workers from leaving dormitories and company grounds. These communications describe continual, relentless labor without breaks and grotesque abusive behavior. …
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