Guidance for Industry: Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance Third Edition June 2001: Letter to Seafood Processors that Purchase Grouper, Amberjack, and Related Predatory Reef Species Captured in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance document entitled "Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance, Third Edition June 2001: Letter to Seafood Processors that Purchase Grouper, Amberjack and Related Predatory Reef Species Captured in the Northern Gulf of Mexico." The guidance sets forth the agency's recommendations for ensuring the safety of grouper, amberjack, and related predatory reef species captured in the northern Gulf of Mexico with respect to ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). The guidance is in response to recent cases of CFP that have occurred in the United States.