California firm Richwell Group Inc., doing business as Maxfield Seafood and importer of record, is recalling more than 154,500 pounds of Siluriformes, also known as catfish, that was not presented for import re-inspection into the
Lack of inspection prompts recall of yellow walking fish, aka catfish
A California company today recalled more than 36,000 pounds of yellow walking fish imported from Vietnam because it wasn’t inspected as required by federal law.
Crab House Trading Corp. of Los Angeles, CA, distributed the
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Texas company recalls more than 100,000 pounds of wild caught catfish
A Houston company initiated a recall of more than 100,000 pounds of catfish because they were not inspected, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Fulton Seafood Inc. “produced” the wild caught
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Three countries with 30 foreign catfish producers want access to U.S. market
The federal government is taking comments for 30 days about whether China, Vietnam and Thailand should be listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as eligible to export Siluriformes fish to the United States.
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Thailand’s catfish inspections found to be equivalent to U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found Thailand’s food safety inspection system for fish of the order Siluriformes (catfish) to be equivalent to that of the United States. Thailand joins China and Vietnam in achieving
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Codex transfer was not held up for lack of talk about it
In most months, industry and consumer representatives, each get one meeting with USDA’s top brass at the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
But in September, acting FSIS Administrator Paul Kiecker and temporary Deputy Under
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Congress hails FSIS for blocking 272 tons of bad foreign catfish
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 all shipments of imported Siluriformes
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Mississippi farm recalls 1,695 pounds of catfish for residue concerns
Mississippi’s Lakes Farm Raised Catfish Inc., located in Dundee, has recalled approximately 1,695 pounds of catfish (siluriformes products) that may be adulterated with residues of public health concern, specifically Malachite Green and Leucomalachite Green, the
USDA says activists off the mark with catfish complaints
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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Congressional battle continues over federal catfish regulation
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 a vote on the
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Frozen catfish recalled for potential chemical contamination
Haring Catfish Inc. of Wisner, LA, is recalling approximately 21,521 pounds of catfish products that may be adulterated with a residue of public health concern, specifically gentian violet, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety