date:May 23, 2012
ABC had sent 30 samples of foreign shrimp to the Institute of Environmental and Human Health food lab at Texas Tech University and tested for potentially dangerous antibiotics. Shrimp in three of the 30 samples were found to contain banned antibiotics. But that's just 10%.
The shrimp-farming industry recognizes the use of antibiotics in food production should be avoided due to concerns about food safety and the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, GAA President George Chamberlain said