Shrimp is shrimp, What’s the big deal?
This question has been asked from time to time, “What’s the big deal on eating American shrimps versus overseas shrimps?”
That answer is quite simple actually. For starter’s the American Federal Government states “ that 90% of imported shrimps are farm raised and not wild caught”.
Farm raised shrimps to contain health hazards like excessive iodine, unapproved animal drugs and/or unsafe food additives, deplorable sanitation conditions at processing plants, and an incurable bacterial disease. Besides Aquatic farming posing a great danger to our ecological system; international farmers use high levels of pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals. These chemicals can cause neurological problems, allergic reactions, infections, pathogens like E.coli and Salmonella, cancer and disease, and because the FDA inspects only about one percent of all seafood, consumers are likely eating dangerously contaminated shrimp.