NOAA official: Gulf seafood safe

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – A NOAA Fisheries official told reporters that "not one piece of tainted seafood has entered the market" related to the April 2010 BP oil spill. Eric Schwaab, assistant administrator, lead a tour of the testing labs in Pascagoula to show the media the methods used to ensure Gulf seafood is safe: smell tests and chemical analysis. Schwaab said the unequivocal results are that any traces of oil in more than 40 species of marine life is 100 to 1,000 times below the level of concern, the level being set by a team of scientist from the FDA, NOAA, the EPA and five Gulf states. (Source: Sun Herald, 04/12/11)