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More frozen catfish from Vietnam recalled for lack of import reinspection

By News Desk on February 23, 2019

Another California-based company is recalling catfish from Vietnam because it was not presented for import reinspection. Federal officials discovered the problem while they were performing a recall effectiveness review involving fish imported by different company…
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It gives only a little, but Trump budget takes nothing way from food safety programs

By Dan Flynn on February 14, 2018

In the fiscal year 2019 budget that sets out to cut domestic programs by almost $700 billion over 10 years, federal food safety has not only escaped the knife but made some small gains.

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FSIS adjusts catfish inspection process; transition period ends

By Dan Flynn on September 5, 2017

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 marks the full transfer of…
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USDA says activists off the mark with catfish complaints

By News Desk on October 12, 2016

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, like to see more progress…
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U.S. importer expands recall of Swai fillets from Vietnam

By News Desk on June 27, 2016

A California company has added more than a ton of fish from Vietnam to its ongoing recall, bringing the amount of individually frozen Swai fillets now subject to recall to almost 28,000 pounds. recalled Swai fish from VietnamThe…
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Educational meetings set on catfish final rule

By News Desk on January 19, 2016

Educational sessions on the new rule for inspecting siluriformes, which include catfish, are set for Jan. 21 and 27. The rule goes into effect March 1. catfishy The U.S. Department of Agriculture published the final rule…
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USDA Plans to Begin Catfish Inspections in March 2016

By Dan Flynn on November 26, 2015

Long-awaited U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) catfish inspections, mandated by Farm Bills since 2008, will begin next March, according to a final rule establishing an inspection program for fish in the order Siluriformes, including catfish.
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Coming USDA Catfish Inspections Raise Question: Could Shrimp Be Next?

By Dan Flynn on April 23, 2015

If food safety put catfish under USDA inspection, can shrimp be far behind? That question is coming into focus this week after one of USDA’s top two food safety officials told a gathering of food…
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U.S. Catfish Farmers Emerge As Big Winners in 2014 Farm Bill

By Dan Flynn on January 31, 2014

The USDA catfish inspection program, first authorized in 2008, is continued in the 2014 farm bill, which also includes a first-of-its-kind “crop insurance” program for catfish farmers. Most of the so-called political experts were predicting…
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House Ag Committee Votes to Repeal USDA Catfish Inspection

By Helena Bottemiller on May 17, 2013

The House Agriculture Committee voted to repeal a controversial catfish inspection program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture late Wednesday night – a sign the program, which was mandated by the 2008 farm bill to…
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