The federal effort to ensure seafood is not contaminated with oil will include NOAA’s dockside sampling of fish products in the Gulf. NOAA will verify catch was caught outside the closed area using information from vessel monitoring systems that track the location of a vessel or information from on-board observers.
If tainted fish are found in dockside sampling, NOAA will notify FDA and state health officials for further action. FDA operates a mandatory safety program for all fish and fishery products under the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act and related federal regulations.
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