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These are very good guidelines for the consumption of shrimp. I was a shrimp food class 3 inspector for the USAF at Gulf Cities Fisheries in Pascagoula, Ms, and Bayou La Batre, Alabama, in 1974...(never saw Forrest Gump but saw Hurricane Carmen Sept 2, 1974). I routinely rejected shrimp coming in on the trawlers that reeked of chlorine. The USAF and Army procured shrimp for the troops and had military inspectors insure it was what the military was buying and observed its packing and processing. IMHO we were far superior to the FDA and USDA inspectors because our jobs depended upon how good we did it and also if we were caught taking bribes, Leavenworth didn’t appear too appealing...In 1976 Jimmy Carter did away with the military’s responsibilities in this quarter and gave the job to the FDA/USDA. Those inspectors were loosely monitored and were immune from many of the penalties we had facing us had we done a bad job.