Antibiotics: Interview with ASC’s head of program assurance

In the last few months, retailers in Belgium and Germany have recalled products due to the detection of antibiotics or have had shrimp batches from Vietnam and India rejected at EU borders. The ASC shrimp standard does not allow shrimp that has been treated with antibiotics to be sold as a certified product. However, the organization confirms that an ASC certified product was among the items recalled. ShrimpTails has asked ASC’s head of program assurance, Mrs. Vân Roetert, to talk about the challenges of maintaining the integrity of the program in a complex supply chain ...