US shrimp producers blame Indian counterparts for causing health concerns

From 2016 through August 2018, India accounted for 33 per cent by volume of all non-bred frozen warmwater shrimp imports into the United States

Stakeholders in the United States shrimp industry have accused their Indian counterparts of causing health and safety concerns due to surge in export of the seafood from India. American importers complain of exceedingly high traces of salmonella in shrimps from India, as compared to consignments from other countries. 

India is now the largest exporter of shrimp to the US, accounting for 35 percent of the volume of all US imports of non-breaded frozen warmwater shrimp in 2017, up from six  per cent in 2010. Last year, the United States imported $2.2 billion worth of Indian shrimps.

“The influx of Indian