Bornstein Seafoods Inc. of Bellingham, WA, is recalling 44,550 pounds of its Cooked & Peeled Ready-To-Eat Coldwater Shrimp Meat because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, particularly in young children, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems. 

The recall

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U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, has introduced the Safer Shrimp Imports Act, legislation aimed at tightening federal inspection standards for imported shrimp.

The bill, S.667, would require foreign shrimp exporters to meet U.S. food safety standards and undergo inspections to prevent importation of contaminated shrimp.

With about 90 percent of

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The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

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The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

Use the chart below to view import alerts.

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The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

Use the chart below to view import alerts.

Continue Reading FDA imposes additional controls on imported fish, shrimp, papaya and more

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

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The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. 

Click here to go to the FDA

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