DENVER - The Food and Drug Administration is ramping up its testing of seafood from Japan. It says not a single radioactive fish has been detected in the U.S.
Still, the disaster in Japan could have an impact on the seafood we eat here in Colorado.
The Seattle Fish Company in Denver supplies many restaurants and grocery stores with seafood in Colorado.
The company says Japan produces three to four million pounds of scallops a year and because of the earthquake and tsunami the industry could see a shortage of scallops.
"Consequently Japan has taken a larger position in buying some of our domestic scallops increasing prices and diminishing supplies. So that is the biggest impact we've seen so far as a result of the disaster in Japan," Harry Mahleres with the Seattle Fish Company said.
The Seattle Fish Company says any fish they get from Japan goes through daily testing.
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