After first fighting to prevent pangasius from being called catfish, U.S. growers have managed to include in legislation pending in Congress a provision requiring pangasius to be called catfish.
“Pangasius is not domestic channel catfish and should not be treated as such,” Gavin Gibbons of NFI told IntraFish on Tuesday, adding a 2002 law prevents pangasius from being marketed as catfish.
“If protectionist domestic catfish producers have their way, we would see a situation in which imported pangasius is legally defined by the USDA as ‘catfish,’ yet it is illegal to market it as ‘catfish.’
“Those
