A combination of demand for rare aquatic species as well as government subsidies and propaganda is driving cultivation and consumption of Chinese giant salamanders in aquaculture bases across the country.
Six salmon farms in Chile have recently earned the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA)’s best aquaculture practices (BAP) certification, according to a GAA release.
The total amount of edible liquid product from shell eggs broken during March was 226,140,000 lbs, up 8% from February and up 1% from March 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Egg Products report.
Tianli Agritech, a Chinese producer of breeder hogs, market hogs and black hogs, has started the sale of its branded black hog products through retail outlets in Wuhan City.
As Norwegian fish farming company Cermaq approaches decision time on whether to accept a buyout offer from rival Marine Harvest or stick with its plans to buy Peruvian fishmeal company Copeinca。
Rising prices for fish and shrimp in the domestic market as well as partial recovery in export markets have given China’s seafood firms much optimism about 2013 earnings.
Several meat, poultry and food retail associations urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to delay implementation of the proposed country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rule.
Calling Hillshire’s packaged lunchmeat business “atrophied” this past February, Mr. Connolly said the company was in the process of getting it “back on the rails.”
Nine cooked food stores that sold fake mutton in Shanghai have been temporarily or permanently closed and 70 kilograms of fake mutton has been destroyed, Shanghai's food safety authority said on Monday.
Netherlands-based seafood supplier Anova Seafood has become the first company to bring tuna from Fiji to Europe bearing the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo.
Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers informed on May 4 that foreign importers from the EU, the US and Japan have highly appreciated Vietnam’s seafood quality.
The Newfoundland and Labrador crab fishery may be brought to a halt for the second time this season because there's now a glut of crab being landed at wharves around the province.
Norwegian leading manufacturer of quality king crabs products, Norway KingCrab AS has successfully undergone Friend of the Sea audit and its red king crabs can now carry the international sustainability seal of approval.
Tyson Foods Inc reported weaker-than-expected quarterly profit as shoppers and restaurants switched to cheaper chicken from beef, and cut its full-year sales forecast, sending shares down 4.5 percent.
