The US FDA has banned the imports of salmon produced in Chile by Norwegian multinational firm Marine Harvest after a carcinogenic chemical known as crystal violet was detected in a shipment.
Farmers in Central China's Hunan province, a major grain-producing area, have suffered huge losses during the summer harvest season due to the impact of a scandal involving cadmium-tainted rice.
Croatian seafood company Kali Tuna, a subsidiary of Umami Sustainable Seafood, announced it had secured a new loan for HRK 60 million (USD 10.5 million, EUR 8 million).
StarKist on Wednesday launched the newly branded “Made in America” canned StarKist Chunk Light Tuna in Water and StarKist Chunk Light Tuna in Oil Products, prepared and packaged in American Samoa.
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Santa Monica Seafood recently began selling fresh seafood via AmazonFresh, two years after the famous Pike Place Fish Market started selling fish in Seattle through the online retail giant.
US commercial hatcheries set 202 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 13, 2013, a 3 percent increase from eggs set in the comparable year-ago period.
The US Department of Agriculture plans to spend $5 million to buy lamb products for federal nutrition assistance programs, according to the agency's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
Phu Quoc fish sauce has recently received the status of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) from the European Commission’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, thus protecting its name in all 28 European Union countries.