Joe Pitts: “I say `historic' because as my colleagues know well, we worked over many years to address the problems associated with…”

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

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

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

The catfish inspection program is critical to public health.