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(1) Amend HCR 103 on page 2 delete lines on line 7 insert the
following and renumber accordingly as follows:
"WHEREAS, United States based companies involved in the
importing and processing of shrimp are opposed to the use of
chloramphenicol and are working with the domestic shrimp industry
and the FDA to develop effective protocols, including in-country
testing, certification of foreign testing facilities, and other
means to detect banned antibiotics and to exclude all tainted
products from the United States market; and"
(2) Amend HCR 103 on page 2 line 22 after "health" and before
"and" insert the following:
Delete the semicolon (;) and insert a comma (,)
(3) Amend HCR 103 on page 2 line 22 after "health," and
before "and" insert the following and renumber accordingly:
"and calls for the FDA to continue working with the both
importers and domestic stakeholders to develop effective methods of
excluding seafood imports containing chloramphenicol, nitrofurans
and other banned veterinary drugs,
RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby express concern about the presence of chloramphenicol,
nitrofurans and other banned veterinary drugs in imported shrimp,
the potential adverse impact on the safety of the food supply, and
the resultant risk to human health, and calls for the FDA to
continue working with the both importers and domestic stakeholders
to develop effective methods of excluding seafood imports
containing chloramphenicol, nitrofurans and other banned
veterinary drugs; and, be it further