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Catfish industry wants USDA inspections (access required)

by Wally Northway Published: July 27,2009

Tags: aquaculture, food inspections, food safety, goverment, imports

JACKSON — Because consumer confidence in safe and healthy seafood is critical, the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry maintains its support for USDA inspections. U.S. consumers currently believe that their seafood is subject to the same rigorous inspection standards as those imposed on meat and poultry products, but current FDA inspection programs are hardly adequate to handle [...] [...]

ECD awarded NMTC funding (access required)

by Wally Northway Published: July 21,2009

Tags: BANKING & FINANCE - Market Sector, credit union, goverment

JACKSON — Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD) has been awarded $20 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) authority from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. ECD is one of 32 Community Development Entities nationwide to receive an award with resources made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The NMTC [...] [...]

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