US Sen. Jeff Sessions Leads Fight To Save Catfish Inspections

In March, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) led an effort to create a system to provide a fair pricing structure for imported catfish; a system designed to protect that of American catfish producers, many of whom call Alabama’s Black Belt home.

Now, Sessions is working to ensure valuable, but threatened catfish inspection services continue.

Even in light of recent discoveries in North Carolina of formaldehyde found in catfish from Vietnam, work on the new Farm Bill repeals the USDA catfish inspection service.

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