Majority Of House Republicans Push For Vote To Move Catfish Oversight Back To FDA

A majority of House Republicans on June 15 signed a letter urging leadership as early as next week to take action on a Senate-passed resolution that would repeal the U.S. Department of Agriculture's catfish program and move the inspection of catfish from the stricter oversight of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service back to FDA. Opponents of the USDA catfish rule claim the program is “designed to create a de facto trade barrier” that would likely violate the U.S. obligations...