RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has imposed a ban on shrimp imports from India, Arab media reported on Wednesday. According to Saudi Gazette, the ban was imposed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority after the discovery of the presence of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp products. The shrimp is being imported from India.
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The Saudi Food and Drug Authority said that the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture had issued directives to collect samples of all sea products, including shrimp imported via the border crossings.
The authority maintained that after the testing, it was discovered that the shrimp products imported from India contained the virus and subsequently the officials decided to impose a temporary ban on its import.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority said that the ban will continue until the India provides a complete and sufficient guarantee to ensure the safety of the sea products exported to the KSA so that the virus does not spread into the fisheries in Kingdom. It is noteworthy that disease is extremely lethal and transmissible, killing shrimp quickly.
