date:Jun 01, 2012
The Age reports that five onsignments of fish from Viet Nam - including basa fillets, catfish, tilapia and frozen fish cutlets - have been stopped by biosecurity officials this year because they contained enrofloxacin, an antibiotic banned in Australia. Last year, three loads of Vietnamese fish failed tests for banned antibiotics.
Narelle Clegg, of the federal Agriculture Department's food safety branch, confirmed a rise in fish imports testing positive for banned antibiotics.
The trend that