Joe Pitts: “I am eager to hear what Dr. Conway has to say on the matter.”

This seems to smack of food politics, not public health.

Explicitly creating a program exclusively for catfish seems to be unnecessary, and it directs resources away from high-risk foods.

Both the FDA and the General Accountability Office agree that there is no food safety justification for this regulatory divide.

The jurisdictional grab serves only to shield catfish farmers against competition at the expense of U.S. consumers.