Joe Pitts: “Did you express any concerns about readiness to CMS?”

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.

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

It seems illogical that the USDA would be given the exclusive authority to oversee and regulate catfish only while the FDA regulates all other seafood.