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
Bipartisan groups in the U.S. House and Senate introduced bills on Thursday that aim to eliminate the development of a catfish inspection program at the U.S. Department of
Earlier this month Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran sent a letter to Rebecca Blank, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, asking that the Department “vigorously enforce the
It is just not an efficient use of resources to move catfish inspection to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a frank new report by the Government Accountability
Big retailers like Wal-Mart are siding with Asian seafood companies against their American counterparts over the definition of catfish.
The dustup over the definition went public as USDA ended the
As fish stories go, this one never seems to end.
Just when we thought it could not get any better, along comes John McCain and that baron of food safety,
Domestic catfish producers Thursday accused the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of “back-peddling” on food safety in seafood inspections.
The Catfish Farmers of America took offense at GAO’s questions about
The House Agriculture Committee Thursday approved an agenda of oversight hearings that covers a broad range of issues, from the Farm Bill to international food aid.
The 9-page laundry list
Today is the first anniversary of the filing by USDA of a proposed rule with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a mandatory inspection program
Early during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I found myself in a small Mississippi take-out restaurant nearing the order counter while still reading the menu when