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As we get ready for the 4th of July weekend, the barbequing is going to get serious, shrimp and fish are all on the menu, what’s crazy is, since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico most of the seafood we eat has been contaminated, so we want to know, is it safe?

According to the folks down in the gulf, whose livelihood it is to catch and sell the shrimp, fish and crawfish that we eat, they say it’s perfectly fine to eat. Taking a look at some of the pictures that have come from the oil spill, how sure are they that is is?

Doctors, scientist, chef and fisherman are working hard to make sure the food is safe, edible and not contaminated. President Obama himself traveled down to the Gulf and sampled some of the flavors of the Gulf. Either way the investigation continues, take a look at those who are in the Gulf making sure the food stays great.

Shoppers walk past a sign at a local grocery store advertising the safety of seafood from the Gulf Coast on May 6, 2010, in Metairie, La. Up to 5,000 barrels of oil are still spilling from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico which has shut down all commercial and recreational fishing from the Louisiana coast east to Florida.

Joei Spencer orders shrimp from Rosie Burger at Schaefer & Rusich Seafood on May 1, 2010, in New Orleans, La. Many local residents are ordering extra seafood to freeze as commercial and recreational fishing east of the Mississippi River has been closed, as well as five zones of Oysters due to the expanding oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Neal Ford carries a basket of shrimp as he works in the Kenney Seafood Inc. store on May 7, 2010, in Slidell, La. The owner of the market Captain Pappy Kenney said he anticipates the price of shrimp rising due to shrimpers being unable to gather their catches because of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

A worker shows off shrimp fresh from the Gulf of Mexico at a seafood retailer May 18, 2010, in Port Sulfur, La. Due to the BP oil spill, authorities started shrimping season two weeks early in the area, fearing that more prime fishing areas would be closed due to oil contamination. Eric Hansen, who buys shrimp fresh from local fishermen, said the result of the early harvest has been smaller than normal shrimp, which sell for less.

William Mahan of the University of Florida moves the air across a bowl of shrimp checking for taint as Robert Downs of NOAA’s seafood inspection program looks on in Pascagoula, Miss. NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the the International Food Protection Training Institute are providing seafood sensory training to help inspectors develop skills in sensory detection for taint in seafood exposed to oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The two-day course is being held at the National Seafood Inspection Lab.

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President Barack Obama holds a shrimp in his hands while meeting with local business owners and residents about the oil spill at Camardelle’s Live Bait and Boil Seafood Restaurant in Grand Isle, La., on June 4, 2010. Obama is making his third trip to the Gulf Coast