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“Frozen Shrimp, Catfish, and Eel From Foreign Source  Not Inspected”

More than one million pounds of  shrimp, catfish, and eel brought ind from China passed through U.S.  shipping ports since the autumn of 2006 sans the needed inspection for banned chemicals and drugs or other harmful things. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  had placed the Chinese food businesses that generated these items on an “import alert” roster, indicating that the FDA was ordered to  prevent every load of the items until they had passed our testing. However, an  investigation found that most such deliveries were not stopped or tested.
FDA Can Not Perform Its Duties

The FDA usually inspects only just 1% of the imports it is issued with watchingg. In the instance of import notices such as that given for pond-raised food from China, 100 percent of the imports  are mandated to be searched and tested. The current news about the chinese shipments advises once again that the FDA is helpless to perform its duties to shield American consumers.

The FDA has about 450 employees to inspect  about 20 million shipments of imported food products, medical apparatus, and miscellaneous  items annually. FDA staff of late said before Congress that they don’t feel they have the manpower to do this screening efficiently.