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Recent News from SSA:
12/28/09 Questions and Answers re: Request for Revocation of Antidumping Orders on Shrimp from Thailand
12/28/09 Letter to Commissioner Hamburg re: Safety of Shrimp Imports from India
11/2/09

U.S. and Thai Shrimp Industries Reach a Proposed Settlement of Antidumping Order on Thai Shrimp and Jointly Request a Changed Circumstances Review

4/2/09 CBP Removes Enhanced Bonding Requirements on Shrimp Imports
3/24/09 GAO Study Links Duty Circumvention with Evasion of Food Safety Laws
11/24/08 Annual Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on trade between the U.S. and China reflects SSA concerns.
11/18/08 SSA sends a letter to USTR requesting it address the continuing violations of our nation’s food safety and fair trade laws during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 20th Ministerial Meeting
11/18/08

Customs Cracks Down on Illegally Labeled Chinese Shrimp Imports
SSA Grateful for Strong Enforcement of Trade and Food Safety Laws

11/15/08

Southern Shrimp Alliance Sues U.S. Customs and Border Protection; CDSOA Distributions Temporarily Delayed

Consumer Shrimp Prices Increase Despite Falling Wholesale Prices >>>

Testimony and Comments :
8/1/09 Comments to the Food and Drug Administration re Economically Motivated Adulteration
3/11/09

Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative re Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement

2/11/09 Comments to U.S. Customs and Border Protection re Enhanced Bonding
10/23/08 Comments to U.S. Customs and Border Protection re Uniform Rules of Origin for Imported Merchandise
6/11/08 Submission of Testimony on the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Production of Goods Internationally
4/25/08 Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding the impact of China’s fishing practices and Chinese fish farms on the Gulf Coast shrimp industry
2/26/08 Testimony before the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations regarding Import Food Safety
10/4/07 Testimony before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Trade regarding Import Food Safety
10/1/07 Comments to the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety
8/2/07 Testimony before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade in support of legislation to preserve the integrity of our nation’s trade remedy laws
5/3/06

Testimony before the House Committee on Resource on the American Fisheries Management and Marine Life Enhancement Act and the Fisheries Science and Management Enhancement Act of 2005

   
   

Statement of Purpose
The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) is a dynamic alliance of eight southern coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, representing the harvesters, processors, and distributors of American wild caught shrimp, dedicated to giving the consumer a wild-caught, nutritious shrimp from sustainable stocks in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic waters, and thereby bringing long term stability to the domestic shrimp industry.

 

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