Senate Vote To Repeal Catfish Rule Stirs Fight Over Food Safety In TPP
A Senate vote on May 25 was a first step toward removing catfish from the strict oversight of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, which this month found two shipments from Vietnam were contaminated with chemicals banned in the U.S., adding fuel to the fight between U.S. catfish importers and food safety advocates who are raising this as an issue in the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership. S.J. Res. 28, passed on a 55-43 vote, would nullify a USDA rule...