SEAFOOD: Urges and requests the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to ban imported seafood until proper testing and inspections can be performed

HR 214 is a Louisiana state House resolution (not a federal bill) urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary to ban imported seafood until testing and inspections improve. It cites a study finding banned substances like malachite green, oxytetracycline, and nitrofurantoin in imported shrimp, along with widespread failure to label sulfite presence. The resolution requests HHS to implement a temporary import ban to address gaps in current FDA seafood safety protocols. This is a non-binding request to a federal agency, not a law, and focuses on procedural changes to testing requirements. The Louisiana legislature plans to debate it further in June 2025.