Graves and Castor Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure the Availability of Healthy and Safe American Shrimp
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (Louisiana) and Kathy Castor (Florida) introduced legislation to stop unsafe, illegally-produced shrimp from reaching consumers. Much of the shrimp that flood the U.S. market are foreign, farmed seafood packed with illegal antibiotics or are products of illegal fishing operations. These low-quality and illegally-sourced shrimp are sold at artificially low... Read More...
The American Shrimp Processors Association Pursues Both MSC and CSC RFM Certifications
PORT ARTHUR, TX – (April 28, 2023) The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) is excited to announce that it has contracted with Global Trust Certification, Ltd. to complete sustainability assessments of the entire Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery for both the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Certified Seafood Collaborative (CSC) Responsible Fisheries Management certifications. MSC... Read More...
Seafood Import Monitoring Program for Shrimp Moves Ahead Today Thanks to Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Richard Shelby (R-AL)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (July 27, 2017) Today Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) added language to the FY2018 Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee bill to ensure that the Seafood Import Monitoring Program for shrimp is fully implemented on the same timeline with all... Read More...
ASPA Statement on the Public Hearing Regarding Causes of Significant Trade Deficits for 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2017 – Today Dr. David Veal, executive director of the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA), testified before officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) at a public hearing in Washington, DC to address significant trade deficits in the shrimp industry. “For decades, our shrimp... Read More...
ASPA Statement on the 2017 Shrimp Sunset Review Vote by the U.S. International Trade Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2017 – Today the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted unanimously to support the domestic shrimp industry’s request to extend the antidumping orders on shrimp from China, India, Thailand and Vietnam for an additional five years. The USITC voted to remove the orders on Brazil. “We at the American Shrimp Processors... Read More...
Executive Order by President Trump Strengthens U.S. Trade Enforcement and Job Creation
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2017 – “We are very pleased that President Donald Trump has taken major action today to strengthen U.S. trade enforcement,” said American Shrimp Processor Association (ASPA) Executive Director Dr. David Veal. “Making it harder for foreign companies to evade legally required duties helps to level the playing field for U.S. companies... Read More...
AMERICAN SHRIMP PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS SENATE VOTE FAVORING FOREIGN SEAFOOD IMPORTS OVER CONSUMER SAFETY
BILOXI, MS (May 25, 2016). The United States Senate voted 55-43 today in support of Senate Resolution 28, which provides Congressional disapproval of a health and safety rule aimed to ensure the safety of American consumers. The Resolution seeks to prevent the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from continued implementation of a robust catfish inspection... Read More...
FDA Claims Right to Ban Malaysian Shrimp Imports Without Inspections
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an “Import Alert” for farmed shrimp from Malaysia. Of Malaysian shrimp sampled, 32 percent of shrimp samples contained illegal and unsafe amounts of antibiotics, including one that has been shown to cause blood disorders and leukemia. Foreign aquaculture operations use antibiotics to treat shrimp’s bacterial infections, which... Read More...Imported Seafood Shipments Rejected by FDA for “Unsafe Levels of Filth and Bacteria”
Imported Seafood Shipments Rejected by FDA for “Unsafe Levels of Filth and Bacteria” The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) expresses great concern over the findings of a USDA analysis by the Food and Drug Administration’s import refusals report that reveals the FDA rejected tens of thousands of imported seafood shipments because they were unfit for human consumption. From... Read More...American Shrimp Processors Association Applauds Passage of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act
The US Senate today passed the Conference Report for H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (Customs Bill), an important piece of trade legislation that streamlines and enhances US trade remedy laws. The Customs Bill improves the flow of legitimate trade by modernizing the automated import and export system. The legislation also significantly... Read More...
ASPA Applauds AP Reporting About Slave-Peeled Shrimp from Thailand
American Shrimp Processors Applaud AP Reporting About Slave-Peeled Shrimp from Thailand; Group Says: “Know Where Your Shrimp Come From” The American Shrimp Processors Association applauds the work in the AP investigative article (embed link) bigstory.ap.org/article/8f64fb25931242a985bc30e3f5a9a0b2/ap-global-supermarkets-selling-shrimp-peeled-slaves this week about slave-peeled shrimp from Thailand being sold in U.S. restaurants and grocery chains. ASPA is appalled but not... Read More...
ASPA Supports Consumer Reports’ Shrimp Report Released
Members of the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA), who account for the vast majority of domestic, U.S. production of warm-water shrimp from Gulf and South Atlantic waters, agree with the findings of the Shrimp Report released today by Consumer Reports. “We are not surprised with these findings. The potential problems with antibiotics and health concerns... Read More...
ASPA Supports Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act
Biloxi, Miss. January 23, 2015 – The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) supports a new food safety bill introduced Tuesday in the Senate: Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act. This act will tighten restrictions on foreign seafood that is exported to the U.S. This bill, introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), chairman of the Small Business... Read More...ASPA Supports Leveling the Playing Field Act
Biloxi, Miss. December 18, 2014 – The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) applauds the introduction of the Leveling the Playing Field Act in the U.S. Senate. This bill, introduced by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and supported by the Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws, will make important reforms to strengthen the trade remedy on which... Read More...ASPA Responds to Oceana Report
BILOXI, MISS. October 30, 2014 – Members of the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA), who account for the vast majority of domestic, U.S. production of warm-water shrimp from Gulf and South Atlantic waters, are concerned with the findings of the Oceana report released today regarding misrepresentation of shrimp in grocery stores and restaurants across the... Read More...‘Always Good Shrimp’ Carries Alabama Business
Carson & Company was founded in 1976 in the historic French fishing village of Bon Secour, Alabama by accountant turned shrimp processor Carson Kimbrough. After several years of wearing coat and tie as an accountant, the Alabama native yearned to do something a little less formal and more challenging. After meeting and talking with a... Read More...
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