Lawmakers Push House Leadership for Action on Catfish Inspection
Thirty-four members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested both sides of chamber leadership to immediately initiate floor consideration of a measure that would prevent inspections of Siluriformes fish and related products from transferring from the Food and Drug…
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Administration to the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, set for completion Sept. 1, 2017. Led by the top Republican and Democrat of the full committee and the Health Subcommittee, members sent the letter on June 22 (here). “There is no justifiable reason for USDA to oversee catfish, while FDA regulates all other seafood,” the lawmakers said. “This leaves American seafood companies in the untenable and illogical position of accommodating two sets of federal inspectors overseeing the same facility: one set of inspectors for catfish and another for all other seafood.” Committee members sent the letter to Ryan, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. The House adjourned for recess on June 23 and are scheduled to return July 5.