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GAA stresses shrimp antimicrobial resistance in Canada is not a food safety issue

In response to a CBC investigation which found imported farmed shrimp carrying bacteria which were resistant to antibiotics, GAA said this was a human health issue

By Undercurrent News | March 19, 2019 17:12 GMT
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The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has responded to a CBC investigation which claimed to find 17% of its sampled imported shrimp were found to be carrying bacteria, including E. coli and staph aureus, that showed resistance to at least one antibiotic. [...]

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