Eu lifts import inspections on shrimp

Indonesia

European Union Lifts Import Inspections on Shrimp

Beginning in June 2008, the European Union will no longer reexamine imports of shrimp from Indonesia, a process that cost Indonesian shrimp exporters $8,000 per container. In the future, a sample will be taken from every 20 containers at no charge. Martani Husaini, director general of production and marketing in the fishery ministry, said that Indonesian exporters have met all the food safety requirements of the European Union and that his country’s products would now move into European markets much faster without having to wait in line for inspection.

Source: Seafood.com (an online, subscription-based, fisheries news service). EU confirms it is lifting restriction on fishery product imports from Indonesia. Ken Coons (phone 781-861-1441, email kencoons@seafood.com). Editor and Publisher, John Sackton (phone 781-861-1441, email jsackton@seafood.com). May 14, 2008.