Shrimp industry pushes ‘manifest transparency’ act

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Shrimp groups support Cassidy–Whitehouse amendment on manifest transparency

Advocates seek stronger FDA testing of imported shrimp

Southern Shrimp Alliance calls for tougher labor and trade enforcement

Louisiana fleet warns imports with unfair pricing threaten local boats

Gulf and South Atlantic shrimp groups are lining up behind a federal “manifest transparency” fix while pressing Congress and regulators for tougher screening of foreign shrimp they say is undercutting Louisiana boats and processors with antibiotics, forced labor and unfair pricing.

At issue in the near term is the Cassidy–Whitehouse Manifest Modernization Amendment, which would close a decades-old loophole so U.S. Customs releases basic shipping-manifest data not just for ocean vessels, but also