Good day,
Here's some background information on why authorities restrict -- or ban --
chloraMphenicol: it is to protect trade with among others the EU countries.
-- Snipped from FSNET: GERMAN RETAIL CHAIN RECALLS ANTIBIOTIC SHRIMPS January 28, 2002 Reuters HAMBURG - German supermarket chain Aldi was cited as saying on Monday it has recalled a consignment of Chinese shrimps found to contain the banned antibiotic chloramphenicol. Shrimps of the Golden Seafood brand had been put on sale in Aldi supermarkets in the Hessen and south Sauerland regions, the unlisted company said. The antibiotic is restricted to treating such life-threatening diseases as anthrax and typhoid because of the risk it can cause a potentially lethal form of anaemia. The European Union bans it from both human food and animal feed. Aldi named the consignment and said its customers should return the shrimps and get their money back.--
which in turn has to do with problems last year with shrimp from chinese origin "contaminated" with chloramphenicol which is not permitted in EU because it is hazard to human health. The following is the EU's reaction to this kind of insufficient corrective or preventive measures:
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EU STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE AGREES ON SUSPENSION OF IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM CHINA January 28, 2002 European Commission http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/midday.htm
The Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) voted last Friday in favour of a European Commission proposal to suspend the import into the EU of Chinese products of animal origin intended for human consumption or for use in animal feed. This suspension will enter into force shortly with the adoption of a Commission Decision. Products already on route will be allowed into the EU but will be subject to increased controls and testing by Member States. The main products affected by the suspension in volume terms are honey, rabbit meat, poultry and crustaceans such as shrimps and prawns. A recent mission of the EU's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) revealed serious deficiencies of the Chinese residue control system and problems related to the use of banned substances in the veterinary field. EU directives stipulate that necessary measures must be taken for imports of products from third countries which are likely to constitute a serious danger to human or animal health (directives 97/78/EC and 95/53/EC for animal nutrition). The Commission will re-examine the situation together with Member States before the end of February. The Commission intends to work urgently with the Chinese authorities with a view to putting in place the necessary measures to allow trade to resume
Regards,
Jan On 28 Jan 2002 Gabriel Rivera <griveralo@yahoo.com> wrote, at least in part:
> Dear members: > > Restriction of chloranphenicol use for aquaculture > products has been ordered by government in Ecuador. > But officers go beyond, they wanted to restrict all > related compounds, including florfenicol, that is > almost same chloranphenicol molecule, but without > amino radical and fluor atom included. > > What do you think guys about this? I agree with > chloranfenicol restriction but doubt about > florfenicol. > > Regards > > ===== > Ac. Gabriel Rivera L. > Director de Investigación y Desarrollo - FARMAVET > Alborada Etapa 11, Mz. 44, Villa 10, Av. Benjamín Carrión y Av. > Isidro Ayora, Guayaquil-Ecuador Telf. > 593-4-2241510/2239575/2239719/2239734/2238798/2279808 Fax > 593-4-2243936 Celular 593-9-9989311 Fax personal 1-435-508-3414 > (USA) > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! > Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com > >
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