Different Banned products which are being used in fish and
shrimp aquaculture :
An
attempt was made to identify the source of hazardous antibiotics, nitrofuran
and chloramphenicol. Several focus group discussions were conducted in Cox’s
Bazar with different stakeholders of the value chin as participants. Although
it was difficult to identify the exact source of contamination of nitrofuran in
shrimp, three most suspected source could be hatchery developed PL, Indian PL
found in black market and 8-12 types of feeds available for shrimp husbandry
(4-5 are of Indian origin).