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 quickly heard from Ed Cake of Gulf Environmental Associates in Biloxi, MS who pointed out
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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 as safe to eat now as it was before the spill,” wrote Deputy Commissioner for
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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 Mexico after this year’s 4.9 million barrel BP oil spill remains a matter of conjecture.
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 Gulf Seafood” this coming Friday (Dec. 1) will see more than 150 chefs and top
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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 hydrocarbon (PAH) allows 132 parts per billion (PPB) in shrimp and crab, and 143 PPB
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 of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. The area off the Florida panhandle that was previously
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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 of the Gulf of Mexico. The area that remains closed to fishing measures 48,114 square
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 to consume Gulf seafood and pronounce it safe.
So much of this safe talking has
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 to exercise over the oil-soaked Gulf seafood industry. Although the BP oil spill at the
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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. 
The 26,388 square miles of the Gulf was reopened to both commercial and recreational fishing
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