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Catfish Inspection
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Food Safety News
The new reality of USDA catfish regulation
By Dan Flynn
Not since April 30, 2014, when USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) obtained the primary regulatory oversight for catfish and catfish products from the Food and Drug Administration, have…
Food Safety News
FSIS adjusts catfish inspection process; transition period ends
By Dan Flynn
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) adjusted inspection coverage at catfish slaughter facilities on Sept. 1, the same day an 18-month transition period ended. The transition period's end…
Food Safety News
USDA offers cramming sessions on ‘wild caught’ catfish regs
By Dan Flynn
Ten days away from the beginning of full enforcement of USDA catfish inspections, the department's Food Safety and Inspection Service is doing a little remedial training for "wild-caught" producers. The…
The Daily Intake
FSIS to Begin Inspection of Catfish Despite Controversy
The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in the July 3, 2017 Federal Register that, starting August 2, 2017, all shipments of imported Siluriformes fish and fish products…
Food Safety News
Congress hails FSIS for blocking 272 tons of bad foreign catfish
By Dan Flynn
The July 3 publication of the Federal Register made it official. Importers and brokers of catfish were put on notice about USDA’s Food Safety and inspection Service’s plans to reinspect…
Food Safety News
USDA says activists off the mark with catfish complaints
By News Desk
The activist group Food and Water Watch is down as a “strong supporter” of the catfish program now underway in USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). It would, however,…
The Daily Intake
Catfish Controversy Continues: Lawmakers Push To Upend USDA Inspection Program
Lawmakers are seeking to upend the controversial USDA Catfish Program. (subscription to Food Chemical News required) As previously covered on this blog, earlier this year, FDA transferred jurisdiction over catfish inspection…
Food Safety News
Congressional battle continues over federal catfish regulation
By Dan Flynn
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, may want to wait until after the Nov. 8 election, when the House of Representatives returns for the lame-duck session, to decide whether there will be…
Food Safety News
Food & Water Watch urges continuation of catfish inspections
By News Desk
An activist group says the rejection of 40,000 pounds of catfish from Vietnam is the best evidence possible that Congress should not kill the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new inspection…
Food Safety News
UPDATED: Foreign catfish discover the U.S. really does have borders
By News Desk
Editor’s note on update: A list of specific retail locations that received the recalled product is now available on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service website. Click here for the list …