Farmed salmon production relies heavily on veterinary drugs, and very little imported fish is tested for them. Our free kit gives you five questions to send your supplier, plus a guide to reading the answers.
Crowded pens breed disease. Open net pens hold tens or hundreds of thousands of fish in coastal water, where pathogens and parasites spread freely.¹
Disease drives drug use. Chile’s salmon industry—the largest supplier to the U.S.—used 351 tons of antimicrobials in 2024, almost all during ocean grow-out to treat a single bacterial disease.²
Little of it is checked. Some drugs used abroad aren’t approved here, and the U.S. tests only about 0.1% of imported sea animal products for prohibited residues.³
Overuse fuels resistance. An estimated 96% of antibiotics used in aquaculture are classes the WHO rates important for human medicine—and heavy use accelerates antimicrobial resistance.⁴
Certification doesn’t close the gap. It audits farm records, but doesn’t test the fish you buy.
The kit helps you find out what your supplier can actually document.
