A New York importer is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen catfish that is incorrectly labeled as tilapia. Some of the fish has sell by dates as far away as January 2021.
Inspectors from the
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More than 40,000 pounds of imported catfish added to recall
In an update to a July catfish recall, federal officials are reporting that an additional 22 tons of frozen imported products are now subject to the recall, which involves inspection issues.
“This release is
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Tons of illegal catfish products from Bangladesh, Myanmar recalled
More than 76,025 pounds of catfish products that were imported from Bangladesh and Myanmar, which are ineligible to export such products to the United States, are under recall in nine states.
Premium Foods USA Inc.
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Lack of inspection prompts recall of 154,500 pounds of imported catfish
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