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FDA Reviews Basa Fish Ban Decision

Posted on: Monday, 22 August 2005, 15:00 CDT

According to "VoV", the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is nearing its decision on banning Basa catfish from Vietnam, which has already been taken off the shelves in three Southeastern states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi

. FDA spokesman Mike Herndon said last week that a decision could come early this week on how the agency will rule on the multimillion-dollar catfish imports. The agency is under pressure from an Arkansas congressman for a nationwide ban. If an import alert is issued, he said, any future Basa fish from restricted areas of the world would not be allowed into the United States. The US Seafood magazine reported that if the ban takes effect, local consumers will be hit hard.

Source: Info-Prod Research (Middle East)

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