Seafood importers, exporters meet to address shrimp antibiotic issue

The aim is to create a shared understanding of the current situation and to develop a strategy to limit the use of antibiotics in the Indian shrimp sector

A high-level meeting of Indian and European stakeholders engaged in the seafood sector is slated to take place later this month in Goa to discuss solutions for complying with food safety regulations in the production and trade of shrimp.

The meeting is slated to be held on the sidelines of India International Seafood Show to be held in Goa from January 27 to 29, 2018.

Over the last 10 years, the EU Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) is increasingly focused on Indian shrimp. 

There was a growing concern that the EU is seriously worried over the use