No. On December 2, 2015, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
Inspection Service (FSIS) amended its regulations to establish a mandatory inspection program
for fish of the order Siluriformes and products derived from these fish (see 80 FR 75590;
December 2, 2015). Siluriformes include catfish, tra, swai and basa. Effective March 1, 2016,
FSIS assumed primary responsibility for the regulation of domestic and imported Siluriformes
(fish), and products derived from these fish. A facility that processes only Siluriformes would be
exempt from registration because it is regulated exclusively, throughout the entire facility, by
USDA (21 CFR 1.226(g)). However, a facility that processes other fish, as well as Siluriformes
under USDA jurisdiction, would not be exempt from registration because it is not regulated
exclusively, throughout the entire facility, by USDA (21 CFR 1.226(g)).
