HR 292 — SEAFOOD: Memorializes the federal government to address unsafe imported seafood

HLSENROLLED 26RS-523 ORIGINAL Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

292 BY REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVES KERNER SEAFOOD:AND CHASSION A RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministrationtotakesuchactionsasarenecessarytoproperlyinspect and ensure the safetyof imported seafood.

Memorializes the federal government to address unsafe imported seafood A RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministrationtotakesuchactionsasarenecessarytoproperlyinspect and ensure the safetyof imported seafood.

and WHEREAS,severaldaysWHEREAS,severaldayslater,atdifferentgrocerystores,theFDAfoundagainthat later,atdifferentgrocerystores,theFDAfoundagainthat tens of thousands of packages of radioactive frozen shrimp products were being sold to United States consumers;

and PageWHEREAS,in2024alone,eighty-oneshipments 1offoreignshrimpwererefusedby ofthe 2FDA HLSover 26RS-523the ORIGINALpresence HRof NO.banned narcotics;

292 WHEREAS,in2024alone,eighty-oneshipments offoreignshrimpwererefusedby the FDA over the presence of banned narcotics;

and WHEREAS,UnitedStatesSenatorJohnN.KennedyandLieutenantGovernorBillyPage Nungesser1 have both urged the federal government to implement additional measures to deter the use of imported2 shrimpHR andNO. to better ensure the safety of the seafood imports we do allow to be distributed to consumers in the United States;

292 ENROLLED WHEREAS,UnitedStatesSenatorJohnN.KennedyandLieutenantGovernorBilly Nungesser have both urged the federal government to implement additional measures to deter the use of imported shrimp and to better ensure the safety of the seafood imports we do allow to be distributed to consumers in the United States;

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HR 292 Original 2026 Regular Session Kerner Memorializes the U.S.

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of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationtotakesuchactionsasarenecessarytoproperlyinspectandensurethesafety of imported seafood.

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