Why did the FDA stop offering export certification to the EU for seafood?
The FDA has experienced significant increases in food safety responsibilities and declines in resources available for food safety. In order to carry out public health activities and regulatory oversight that are intended to protect the U.S. consuming public, FDA is focusing its resources to higher priority programs and determined that it could no longer justify the use of its limited food safety resources for issuance of EU Export Certificates, especially when another agency has resources available to issue certificates as part of its mission.
