Vietnamese shrimp exporters concerned about Japan's new antibiotic residue rules

Published 2024년 5월 6일

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Vietnamese shrimp exports to Japan are facing challenges due to Japan's strict doxycycline restrictions. The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has highlighted that many countries do not check for doxycycline residues in imported seafood and that limits vary, with the EU, China, and New Zealand allowing up to 100 parts per billion (ppb). In contrast, Japan's regulations are much stricter, setting the maximum acceptable threshold for chemical residues and antibiotics in imported seafood without an maximum residue limit (MRL) at less than one-tenth of the limits in other countries. VASEP is urging the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to address these issues with Japanese authorities and propose adjusting the doxycycline maximum residue limit to align with international standards.

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Exporters said Vietnamese shrimp exports to Japan have encountered difficulties due to the recent doxycycline restrictions. VASEP said that many countries neither prohibit the use of doxycycline in aquaculture nor check for residues of these antibiotics in imported seafood, and some markets, including the EU, China and New Zealand, allow a maximum residue limit of 100 ppb for seafood imports. VASEP believes that this limit is appropriate for seafood under the current strict control of aquaculture. According to Japan's current regulations, the maximum acceptable threshold for chemical residues and antibiotics in imported seafood that do not have a maximum residue limit (MRL) is more than 10 times stricter than other countries, and only one-tenth of the maximum acceptable threshold in many other markets. To eliminate the challenges faced by ...

Source: Foodmate