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.
NOAA Investigations Into Mislabeling Seafood Protects Consumers and Fishermen
Seafood consumers and the law-abiding fishermen who catch that seafood gained a big victory last week when a complex NOAA Office of Law Enforcement investigation into conspiracy, misbranding and smuggling resulted in two guilty pleas in federal court.
NBC News: Could Your Seafood Contain Toxic Chemicals?
Investigation reveals substances that could cause serious health issues. When you think of tainted seafood, you may think of the Gulf oil spill. But 80 percent of the fish and shrimp Americans eat actually comes from overseas — and a TODAY investigation that aired Tuesday found that some of that seafood may contain toxic chemicals that can cause serious health problems.
NBC News Investigation of Imported Catfish
Is your favorite seafood toxic? Click the headline to watch the NBC News investigation on toxic seafood imports and food safety.
Is Your Favorite Seafood Toxic?
The seafood importers’ lobby thinks consumers don’t care about the safety of the food they eat. Listen to what the lobby told NBC News:
Trade Trumps Consumers on Anniversary of Catfish Regulations
The Obama Administration should stop dragging its feet and publish the proposed catfish inspection regulations immediately so that U.S. consumers are protected.
Baton Rouge Advocate: Origin important label info
BR Advocate: More often than not, point of origin information is omitted since it’s not required on all foods. Seafood is a category where the information is required.
U.S. CATFISH FARMERS URGE USDA FOOD SAFETY CHIEF HAGEN TO ENFORCE SAFE CATFISH LAW
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 –The Catfish Farmers of America today urged newly confirmed USDA food safety chief Elisabeth Hagen to enforce a law approved by Congress more than two years ago requiring tough new USDA inspections and regulation of all catfish sold in America.
Agriculture: U.S. State Requires Catfish Origins
Tennessee State government in the U.S. has issued a new law to require country-of-origin labeling on catfish products from the Mississippi or the Mekong Delta since July 1, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Group Asks USDA, FDA to Move on Catfish
In another act of the ongoing catfish regulatory drama, the advocacy group Food and Water Watch sent a letter yesterday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius recommending they work together to get catfish inspections rolling as soon as possible.
