At 12:05 AM 10/13/01 +0200, Kees wrote:
>Recently the EU has found little traces of chloramphenicol (0,2 ppb) in
>imported shrimps from Vietnam, Indonesia and China.
>All of these shrimps were 'wild catch' from the sea. These were raw
>peeled and frozen shrimps.
>
>The suppliers say not to know of the existence of chloramphenicol.
>
>What might be the source of this contamination?
>Is it possible that a combination of environmental pollution with
>phenols, the use of chlorinated water and shrimps, gives the formation
>of chloramphenicol? Or is the seawater in these areas contaminated with
>residues of chloramphenicol?
More likely the shrimp were farmed and treated with chloramphenicol to
prevent illness or promote growth.
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