米食品医薬品局(FDA)は、健康に害を及ぼす可能性があるとして米国市場に韓国製海産物製品を入れないよう求めた。
The voice of Russia http://japanese.ruvr.ru/2012_06_16/78294694/
米食品医薬品局(FDA)は、健康に害を及ぼす可能性があるとして米国市場に韓国製海産物製品を入れないよう求めた。
14日ロイター通信が伝えたところでは、韓国製の海産物の中にヒトの糞便の痕跡が見つかり、この事は、胃腸の病気を引き起こすノロウイルスが食べ物の中に存在する可能性を意味する、との事だ。問題となっているのは、韓国製のカキ、ホタテなどの貝類やイクラなどで、生のものも又、缶詰入りのもの、さらには別の方法で加工された製品も含まれている。
ロイター通信によれば、今のところ駐米韓国大使館からは、何のコメントも出されていない。
YAHOO! news http://news.yahoo.com/fda-urges-removal-korean-seafood-products-214949769.html
FDA urges removal of Korean seafood products
Reuters – Thu, Jun 14, 2012...
.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urged the removal of South Korean oysters, clams, mussels and scallops from the market, saying the products may have been exposed to human fecal waste and contaminated with norovirus.
At least four people in the United States have become sick after eating South Korean seafood - three in October and one in December, the FDA said on Thursday.
The regulatory warning spans the range of fresh, canned and processed seafood products that contain the seafood types known as molluscan shellfish that entered the United States before May 1, when the FDA first removed them from an interstate list of certified shellfish shippers.
An FDA official said U.S. representatives are in talks with South Korean officials about the problem that involves polluted fishing waters where the seafood was harvested.
An official with the South Korean embassy in Washington had no comment.
Some food companies have already removed the products from their distribution networks. But the agency said not all have complied and it issued the warning in an effort to reach retailers distributors and food service operators.
"These products and any products made with them may have been exposed to human fecal waste and are potentially contaminated with norovirus," the FDA said in a statement.
South Korean shellfish represent only a tiny fraction of the oysters, clams, mussels and scallops sold in the United States.
Norovirus causes gastroenteritis, a disorder characterized by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps and other symptoms that occur within 12-48 hours of exposure and last up to three days.
The FDA took action after determining that a South Korean program to safeguard shellfish contamination did not meet U.S. standards for sanitary controls.
The agency advised consumers to check seafood labels and contact seafood vendors, if they are concerned about products they have purchased, and throw out any found to be from South Korea.
(Reporting By David Morgan, Anna Yukhananov and Salimah Ebrahim; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer and Tim Dobbyn)
