FDA to Allow Raw Shellfish Imports From the Netherlands, Spain
FDA will allow imports of raw shellfish from the Netherlands and Spain, it said in a notice released Sept. 23. The agency has determined that the adoption and implementation by the two countries of the European Union’s food safety system…
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for raw bivalve molluscan shellfish, together with additional measures, means the Netherlands and Spain now have equivalent food safety measures to the U.S., it said. “This final equivalence determination will permit the importation of raw shellfish harvested from certain production areas in Spain and the Netherlands from establishments that have been listed by FDA on the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL).”