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Senate-Passed Resolution Would End USDA Role In Inspection Of Catfish Imports

May 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM
The Senate today (May 25) passed by a 55-43 vote a resolution that would remove catfish from the strict oversight of USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service -- which within the past two weeks has rejected two shipments of Vietnamese catfish because they contained traces of chemicals banned in the United States. S.J. Res. 28 would nullify a USDA rule mandating FSIS inspection of catfish and move the responsibility back to the Food and Drug Administration, which has a laxer oversight...


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