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Abuse of antibiotics in animal husbandry, poultry rearing and aquaculture is increasing in Vietnam,” says Luong Ngoc Khue, director general of the Medical Examination

If you eat ocean sourced seafood, “you are eating thousands of pieces of plastic,” according to recent studies reported by Fox News and other media.

Five Members of Congress recently asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate any gaps…

The Catfish Institute congratulates the Catfish Farmers of America’s 2017 Catfish Farmers of the Year, who were named at CFA’s annual convention held recently in Orange Beach, Ala.

Chinese overuse of the human antibiotic of last resort colistin in feeds for fish raised for export has led to the development and spread worldwide of drug resistant bacteria, several recent studies report.

China’s worries about the safety of its food are growing while U.S. consumers remain concerned about imported Chinese food.

Katherine Swafford is 2017 Miss Catfish BELZONI, Miss. – Katherine Corrine Swafford has been named Miss Catfish for 2017 at the World Catfish Festival. Katherine is the 19-year old daughter of Ronald and Tracy Swafford and resides in Cleveland, Mississippi. She is a sophomore at the University of Mississippi where she is pursuing a degree […]

The USDA-FSIS Inspection Program for catfish and catfish-like species has been operating for mere days and has found two contaminated shipments of pangasisus from Vietnam.

Use of potentially dangerous antibiotics by Asian seafood farmers recently led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue new Import Alerts on Malaysian shrimp.

Fishery and seafood products accounted for the majority of imported food shipments refused by the FDA, according to a recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) analysis of all FDA Import Refusals of food products…