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 USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service discovered the problem during routine surveillance activities, according to
Continue Reading Company recalls imported fish; inspectors say catfish labeled as tilapia
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 being reissued (Oct. 4) to include additional products, that can be found in the linked
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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. of Woodside, NY, reported the catfish products were imported on various dates from March 26,
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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 United States, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
According to the
Continue Reading Lack of inspection prompts recall of 154,500 pounds of imported 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 frozen Siluriformes product, specifically yellow walking fish, that was produced without the benefit of federal
Continue Reading Lack of inspection prompts recall of yellow walking fish, aka 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 catfish between Jan. 1 and Feb. 21, inclusive, the FSIS reported. Federal officials are concerned
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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.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is asking for comments about its newly proposed
Continue Reading Three countries with 30 foreign catfish producers want access to U.S. market
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 equivalency status for catfish. Another dozen or more countries also export catfish to the U.S.
Continue Reading Thailand’s catfish inspections found to be equivalent to U.S.
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 Secretary for Food Safety Carmen Rottenberg met twice with each group, once on Sept. 7
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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 fish and fish products beginning Aug. 2.
Congress came up with the idea because lawmakers
Continue Reading Congress hails FSIS for blocking 272 tons of bad foreign catfish
