For Immediate Release June 29, 2011 USDA REPORTS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT ON NEW REGULATIONS FOR ALL IMPORTED, DOMESTIC CATFISH WASHINGTON, June 29 – Public comments and evidence submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture overwhelmingly support broad inspection and regulation of all commercial catfish species imported or grown for sale to consumers in the United States, …
USDA urged to inspect all catfish
STONEVILLE, Miss., May 26 – Elected officials, chefs and U.S. catfish farmers united today in support of new U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements for the inspection and regulation of all domestic and imported catfish sold in America.
Political leaders, food safety experts support broad safe catfish regulation
For Immediate Release May 24, 2011 WASHINGTON, May 24 – Food safety groups, scientists and members of Congress urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture today to enact stronger requirements for inspecting and regulating all domestic and imported catfish sold in America. The recommendations were delivered during the first of two public hearings scheduled by the …
GAO URGES BETTER INSPECTIONS OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD, INCLUDING CATFISH
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A critical Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the inspection of seafood imported into the United States gives credence to the argument that the federal government must do more to protect American consumers, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) said today.
Fed Dragnet Nabs Seafood Swindlers
Better double-check the identity of any grouper, sole or shrimp your restaurant buys. The wholesale seafood bandits are at it again, with two of them now cooling their heels in a federal penitentiary for selling mislabeled product to customers like you.
Houston Chronicle: U.S. Catfish Farmers Seek Safety Net
WASHINGTON - Seldom do U.S. businesses seek — even lobby for – more government regulation of their industries. But American catfish farmers see federal regulation as the only thing between their livelihoods and financial ruin.
McCAIN BILL IGNORES IMPORT DANGERS, FAVORS WEAK FOOD SAFETY RULES
WASHINGTON, March 8 – A proposal by Sen. John McCain to repeal a law making all catfish safer for American consumers ignores numerous findings of banned substances in imported catfish products and favors inadequate food safety requirements.
Read the proposed catfish regulation published in the Federal Register
Read the proposed catfish regulation published in the Federal Register here.
CATFISH FARMERS OF AMERICA WARNS AGAINST BACK-PEDDLING ON FOOD SAFETY
The Catfish Farmers of America welcomes streamlining U.S. government regulation of America’s food supply chain, but warned today that back-peddling on critical seafood safety inspections and regulations will put consumers at greater risk.
USDA Supports Tougher Catfish Inspections
The Catfish Farmers of America today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture for recommending implementation of a law requiring tough new inspections and regulation of all catfish sold in America.
