Published: Apr 08, 2013

The monthly sampling will now be replaced by surface monitoring of the mussel bed areas and used to inform the investigations into radium contamination at Dalgety Bay.

Published: Apr 08, 2013

Commercial hatcheries set 200 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 30, 2013, up 1 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week in 2012

Published: Apr 08, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture is achieving results from the agency's efforts to support exports of US cattle, poultry and other agricultural products, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Published: Apr 08, 2013

One of Brazil’s biggest events in the pig sector, the PorkExpo, is going back to its roots in its next edition in 2014.

Published: Apr 08, 2013

The U.S.D.A. has undertaken a program that will certify processed eggs and egg products for export, providing new opportunities for U.S. food exporters.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq agreed to take over Copeinca, a Peruvian producer of fishmeal and fish oil, beating out China Fishery Group with a bid that values the firm at $600 million.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

AKVA group has confirmed a new contract with National Prawn Co. (NPC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The total contract value is $10,160,700 and will be delivered between April and October 2013.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

Domestic demand for tuna and squid is driving profits and expansion at one of China’s largest offshore catch fisheries firms, which recently added new tuna-fishing vessels to its fleet.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

One of China’s leading shrimp exporters faces a potentially disastrous delisting if it fails to turn a profit this year.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

A new, sprawling show room in Beijing’s embassy district showcasing imported American sea cucumbers is the latest proof of firms here switching to premium, wild sea cucumbers as prices slip for the domestically cultivated crop.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

The Saucy Fish Co. on Friday announced its range of seafood products is now available at retailer Co-operative.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

Spanish fishing company Pescanova announced April 5 that it would file for bankruptcy, after the failure of more than a month of negotiations with its creditors.

Published: Apr 07, 2013

Indian seafood exporters are upset over a unilateral increase in reefer container freight rates by shipping lines, saying that the lines have imposed an across-the-board hike of $1,500 a container, regardless of its size and/or destination.

Published: Apr 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Dutch food firm Vion has completed the sale of its red meat and poultry activities to UK-based 2 Sisters Food.

Published: Apr 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Hong Kong has announced stringent surveillance on poultry and meat imports from China, in response to three confirmed human cases of influenza A (H7N9) in the mainland.

Published: Apr 05, 2013 By: News Editor

US-based poultry firm Allen Harim is in talks to acquire former Pinnacle Foods(Vlasic) processing facility in Millsboro, Delaware, US with an investment of about $100m.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

Lean finely textured beef maker (LFTB) Beef Products Inc. has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News alleging its “false and disparaging" news reports about ‘pink slime’ defamed its products and proved “catastrophic” to its business.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

While there is a good chance that sales of finely textured beef (FTB) will pick up again in time, Cargill’s production still remains significantly below where it was before the ‘pink slime’ media frenzy erupted almost exactly a year ago today, says the fi

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

The head of one of China's largest meat processing companies has been receiving special reports via text message every morning for the last two years.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

A new voluntary biosecurity standard was introduced today that will help sheep producers improve the health of their flocks and strengthen their on-farm biosecurity activities.