Fish and Shellfish Products Policy and Actions

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Drug Administration	Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Fish and Fishery Products Call for comments on the possibility of extending the record keeping and reporting requirements of processors and importers of seafood products. (more) Publication Date: Monday, July 28, 2003	Aug 1, 2003
	Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)	Aquatic Animal Health Code and Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals The Aquatic Animal Health Code provides international standards, guidelines, and recommendations regarding aquatic animal health and international trade. The Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals provides methodology for uniform diagnosis of the diseases included in the Aquatic Animal Health Code. (more) Publication Year: 2003	Jan 29, 2004
	Huss, H.H.; Ababouch, L.; Gram, L.	Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality Report on risk assessment and management issues associated with seafood. Includes discussion of world seafood production and consumption, food safety systems, hazard identification and characterization, and risk management strategies such as HACCP, FSOs, microbiological criteria, traceability, and more. Appendices include "Assessment of Food Safety Programmes," "Hazard Analysis Worksheet," "HACCP Plan Form," and "Generic HACCP Plan for the Production and Processing of Oysters". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Nov 18, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Backgrounder for the 2004 FDA/EPA Consumer Advisory: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish This document discusses the joint FDA/EPA consumer advisory "What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish," including differences between this and other advisories, a discussion of future actions, and more. (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Mar 24, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Carfentrazone-Ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite in or on certain raw agricultural commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004	Sep 30, 2004
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	Compliance Policy Guide: Sec. 555.250 Statement of Policy for Labeling and Preventing Cross-contact of Common Food Allergens Guidance for FDA staff that includes review of policy on the labeling of allergens in foods and on practices to prevent allergen cross-contact. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001	Jun 18, 2004
	Kurtzweil, Paula	Critical Steps Toward Safer Seafood This report discusses FDA's implementation of the HACCP program and other FDA measures to protect the safety of seafood products. Near the end of the report there is information for consumers on how to safely buy and cook seafood. (more) Publication Month: February 1999	Aug 7, 2002
	Kyprianou, M.	Draft Commission Regulation of on Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs (Text with EEA Relevance) Draft European Commission regulation regarding microbiological criteria for certain microorganisms in foods, including food safety criteria and process hygiene criteria. Microorganisms or toxins covered include Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, staphylococcal enterotoxins, Enterobacter sakazakii, E. coli, histamine, and more. (more) Deadline: Monday, December 5, 2005 Publication Year: 2005	Dec 5, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	FDA Announces Qualified Health Claims for Omega-3 Fatty Acids Release regarding a qualified health claim for conventional foods regarding EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids and reduced risk of coronary heart disease. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2004	Oct 8, 2004
	Office of Public Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	FDA Increases Sampling of Imported Shrimp and Crayfish (Crawfish) FDA announcement from June 14, 2002 regarding increased sampling of imported shrimp and crayfish for the presence of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic drug. (more) Publication Date: Friday, June 14, 2002	Aug 7, 2002

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