Are there traces of antibiotics in the farm fish sold in grocery stores?
Any antibiotics used in human food animals, including fish, must undergo a lengthy and thorough licensing process to ensure that the food product will be safe for human consumption. The antibiotics used in farmed fish are not foreign to humans; they are the same ones prescribed by medical professionals to treat human infections. All medications have a mandatory withdrawal period – a specified amount of time that must pass after administering the medication and before the animal can be harvested for food. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency spot checks farmed fish for possible therapeutant residues. No adverse reaction has been reported as a result of consumption of farmed salmon. More than a billion pounds of farmed salmon are consumed each year.
