Japan changes plan for checking VN seafood products
Japanese authorities have adjusted schedules for checks on antibiotic residues in seafood products imported from Vietnam, according to the National Agro-Forestry- Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad)
The department said the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan had received an announcement from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare about checking Vietnamese seafood products exported to Japan.
Under the announcement, from September 13, 2016, random checks for Chloramphenicol (CAP) in shrimp and shrimp products were reduced from 100% of batches to 30% because Japan had not found CAP in those products.
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However, all batches of cuttlefish would continue to be checked for CAP. Meanwhile, checks for Sulfamethoxazole and Sulfadiazine have been conducted on 30% of the batches from August 2 and September 9, respectively, as Japan found one batch of shrimp containing Sulfamethoxazole in August and another batch of shrimp containing Sulfadiazine in September.
Checks for Furazolidone and Enrofloxacin will continue to be conducted for all batches of shrimp from Vietnam. Nafiqad said Vietnamese seafood manufacturing firms were requested to keep themselves updated on importers’ regulations and to actively monitor antibiotic residues in seafood exports according to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).
