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Seafood Safety: Risks of Tainted Imports by johntandra is a document available to read on EtoBox.

While seafood is often considered healthy, recent reports have highlighted issues with the safety of imported seafood. Most seafood consumed in the US is imported, and inspection of these imports by the FDA is limited. Only 2.7% of seafood imports are inspected, and the FDA only tests 0.1% of shrimp imports for drug residues. Many Asian fish farms use practices like pig manure feed and antibiotic overuse that could lead to unsafe drug residues in seafood. To help address this, the article recommends consume

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