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FDA Flags Chinese Seafood

Officials put the brakes on imports of species tainted with unapproved drugs

By Caroline Zimmerman, Newser User

Posted Jun 28, 2007 6:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Add farmed seafood to the list of unsafe goods imported from China. The FDA will detain three varieties of fish as well as shrimp and eel, the agency said today, after tests revealed the presence of antibiotics and antifungals that aren't approved in the US... Read full story »

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