NFI: Government Accountability Office Calls USDA Catfish Program A Waste For 10th Time

The USDA’s catfish inspection program wastes millions of taxpayer dollars and does a job already being done by the FDA, according to the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO.) For the tenth time in five years the GAO has included the program in its rogue’s gallery of wasteful federal boondoggles. 

NFI Crab Council Announces New Member

Sherrill International, Inc. has joined the NFI Crab Council bringing total council membership to 23 companies. The blue swimming crab importer based in Bridgewater, VA supplies choice crabmeat to large-scale food service companies.

LSU Professors Pry Open New World With Triple N Oyster Farm

With a 20 mph north wind whipping up whitecaps on Caminada Bay, it’s a Saturday where most small boat owners have second thoughts about venturing from shore. But not Steve Pollock.

Mexico Partially Lifts US Poultry Import Ban

The Mexican government lifted its ban on poultry exports from 14 U.S. states, which was instituted 15 months ago in response to the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 2014 and 2015. A ban on poultry exports from Indiana remains in place.

Meat Institute Releases New 'Glass Walls' Video Of Lamb Processing Plant

A new Temple Grandin-narrated “Glass Walls” video shot in a lamb processing plant was released online today by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI).