... Wegmans Food Markets adopted a new purchasing policy for farmed shrimp, requiring farmed shrimp producers to eliminate the use of antibiotics and other chemicals, avoid damaging sensitive habitats, treat their waste water and reduce the use of wild fish to feed shrimp.(YOU SHOULD KNOW ...)(Brief article)

Food Institute Report, The, November, 2007

.... WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS adopted a new purchasing policy for farmed shrimp, requiring farmed shrimp producers to eliminate the use of antibiotics and other chemicals, avoid damaging sensitive habitats, treat their waste water and reduce the use of wild fish to feed shrimp. Suppliers will be able to demonstrate their compliance with these standards by meeting aggressive performance targets and implementing an auditing and reporting system to monitor progress.

Wegmans and ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE developed this purchasing policy in cooperation with Wegmans' farmed shrimp supplier.