Article: EDITORIAL: A worthy food fight: Our position: It makes sense to let diners know the source of potentially dangerous catfish.(Editorial)

Sep. 4--More than 80 percent of the seafood that Americans eat comes from abroad, but the federal government's underfunded and overwhelmed food-safety system has been especially inept at intercepting contaminated imports. This summer, for example, state regulators in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana found banned antibiotics when they tested imported seafood that had cleared U.S. ports. While Congress needs to bolster federal food-safety agencies with more money, manpower and authority, it also needs to empower consumers with more information. Federal law requires that seafood sold in grocery stores be labeled by its country of origin, but there is no corresponding ...

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