About two weeks before the explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform off the coast of Louisiana, Food Safety News pictured the wrong species when reporting on a West Coast oyster story. We
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Taylor Reiterates ‘Gulf Seafood Is Safe to Eat’
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is continuing its effort to reassure the public that Gulf seafood is safe, despite lingering concerns about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
“Gulf seafood is
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Top Food Safety Stories of 2010: No. 3
In our countdown of the year’s top food safety stories, number 3 was the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion on the area’s seafood industry:
The safety of seafood from the Gulf of
Two Steps Forward, One Back For Gulf Seafood
The Gulf seafood story, which began with the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and subsequent spill of BP’s oil, is ending 2010 on a decidedly murky note.
“America’s Night Out For
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FDA Lowers the Bar for Gulf Seafood Safety
State standards for measuring the safety of seafood after oil spills were lowered by FDA for the Gulf of Mexico, the Press-Register in Mobile, AL reports.
The FDA measure in question for cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic
Gulf Area Closed to Fishing Continues to Shrink
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service opened another 5,130 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing yesterday.
The area opened back up to both commercial and recreational fishing are federal waters off the coasts
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Area off Louisiana Open to Fishing
Going into last weekend federal waters off the coast of Louisiana were re-opened to commercial and recreational fishing.
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service removed 4,281 square miles of federal waters from the fish closure area
Letter from the Editor: No Magic
The President, with his traveling family in tow, will be enjoying this weekend on the Gulf of Mexico in the sunshine state of Florida. One of the First Family’s missions in Panama City will be
NOAA Opens Waters Off Florida to Fin Fishing
Opening of some federal waters off the politically touchy coast of the Florida panhandle to fin fishing earlier this week underscores just how much control the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Marine Fisheries Services continues
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One-Third of Closed Gulf Fishing Area Reopened
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association announced last week that it was reopening one-third of previously closed Gulf of Mexico fishing waters since no oil had been observed in the area for over 30 days.
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Louisiana Calls on FDA to Expedite Seafood Testing
Just days after BP stopped the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the reopening of Louisiana’s waters to
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