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fishhoo

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Eternal question about


who exactly has more "strict" standards. Lots of differences between systems and some of the biggest global trade battles in history have been over food and individual country regimes. Plenty of places we cannot export food based on claims from those countries about our own products. However, very safe to say many other countries - certainly including EU - is very detailed looking at many things and plenty of this fish is shipped there.

FWIW, the battle here that could ultimately close the door to imports isn't really about any specific new safety claim. USDA is not better or worse than other agencies regarding actual food safety oversight -- but they are quite "different" including from our own FDA. They require a country-to-country negotiation on every single item for import and an initial finding that another country has what they define as a general "equivalent" system. This is a wonderful sounding standard, but it gets very deep into Big Ag politics regarding how this analysis plays out. At a start, I believe the average time for a country to gain this kind of equivalence has been 7-8 years and some very sophisticated countries and products (major items in places like Germany, Australia, etc...) have never succeeded and become embroiled in some nasty trade battles. This is why the effort was made to get catfish moved to USDA -- under the hope that they would then be barred for year(s) while our countries negotiated this new issue, even for an item that has actually been already coming here for close to 20 years.

(In response to this post by KCHoo)

Posted: 09/21/2017 at 5:10PM



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Watching Ken Burns' The Vietnam War is uncomfortable. -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2017 12:33PM
  Sure looks very similar to a Catfish (pic) -- Tuckahokie 09/21/2017 3:58PM
  That is one of the many lines of battle -- fishhoo 09/21/2017 2:47PM
  "The claims are demonstrably false" -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2017 4:36PM
  Ever seen an American chicken or beef farm? -- WahooRQ 09/21/2017 6:08PM
  American food standards suck too -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2017 11:14PM
  Eternal question about -- fishhoo 09/21/2017 5:10PM
  This is the fish in the middle of the battle -- fishhoo 09/21/2017 2:36PM
  Thanks, now I am wondering if I have ever eaten it. Thanks! -- jdubforwahoowa 09/21/2017 2:51PM
  It seems to go back and forth -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2017 4:46PM
  Good question and absolutely they have faced -- fishhoo 09/21/2017 2:29PM
  Always enjoy the discourse -- fishhoo 09/21/2017 4:11PM
  LOL. Had it for the first time today. -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2017 4:50PM
  Well? How was it? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 09/22/2017 10:38AM
  Meh -- Faz d. Hoo 09/22/2017 11:26AM
  Fascinating stuff ** -- KCHoo 09/21/2017 1:37PM
  And our government gets dumber & dumber ** -- WaxHoo 09/21/2017 1:05PM
  That is the Trumpians' fault.** -- jdubforwahoowa 09/21/2017 2:19PM
  Mine was glued to the TV the other night -- VaTechie 09/21/2017 4:44PM
  If I recall you are a Vietnam vet? ** -- WahooRQ 09/21/2017 1:00PM
  Please don't thank us for that. ** -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2017 2:59PM
  Those who served in Vietnam deserve our gratitude at least -- hoolstoptheheels 09/21/2017 3:50PM
  Ahh. Hoogle and NJ are vets? I did not realize that. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/21/2017 12:58PM
  No problem. I came back in one piece. -- NJHoo 09/21/2017 4:06PM
  Yes, they are. ** -- HowieT3 09/21/2017 1:02PM

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