Published: Feb 18, 2013

Russia has imposed what it calls “temporary restrictions” on pork imports from the United States and Canada on allegations that ractopamine was found in pork exports.

Published: Feb 18, 2013

A large carryover of lambs from the 2012 crop due to last year’s exceptional weather will be the key factor driving a significant increase in UK sheep production in 2013.

Published: Feb 18, 2013

US lamb exports slipped 29 percent in volume and 13 percent in value for the year, according to data compiled by the US Meat Export Federation.

Published: Feb 17, 2013

Russia said it will include turkey in a ban on U.S. animal protein products based on the country's prohibition of the feed additive ractopamine, effective Feb. 11.

Published: Feb 17, 2013

Australia's largest cattle producer Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) made an $8.4 million loss in 2012 due to the impact of a suspension of live exports.

Published: Feb 17, 2013

Commercial meat production in Germany declined for the first time in 15 years, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Published: Feb 17, 2013

Georgia-based seafood company King and Prince Seafood is venturing into social media, announcing this week new Facebook pages for the company and one of its newer products, Sushi Bob sushi kits.

Published: Feb 17, 2013 By: Jason Holland

Brazil has all the ingredients necessary to become a seafood and aquaculture superpower, rivaling producers such as India, Norway and even China.

Published: Feb 17, 2013

Blue Star Foods on Tuesday announced it received a U.S. patent for method packaging crabmeat in flexible pouches.

Published: Feb 16, 2013

The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is appealing to consumers to consider environmental sustainability when deciding whether to buy farmed Atlantic salmon.

Published: Feb 16, 2013

An international superstar, shrimp has been coming to the U.S. market from around the globe for decades as the shrimp farming industry has evolved and matured.

Published: Feb 16, 2013

The Norwegian Seafood Council’s latest numbers from January indicate a boost in the value of Norwegian seafood exports over this time in 2012, due in parts to increased export volume.

Published: Feb 16, 2013 By: Mark Godfrey

China’s seafood giants are beginning to spend more money on national prime time TV ads, a sign of the growing importance of the domestic market as well as the ambitions of some of the country’s listed seafood producers.

Published: Feb 16, 2013 By: Keith Nunes

Smithfield Foods, Inc. has acquired 50% of the Kansas City Sausage Co. L.L.C. and its sister company Pine Ridge Farms L.L.C.

Published: Feb 16, 2013 By: Keith Nunes

The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency has published the results of its first set of industry tests of beef products for the presence of horse meat.

Published: Feb 14, 2013

Legislation to ban sale or shipping of genetically modified salmon in the United States

Published: Feb 13, 2013

Fish and marine products have been granted access to the Chinese market, following an assessment of the Namibian fish and meat industry.

Published: Feb 09, 2013 By: Katy Askew

The UK's Food Standards Agency confirmed this morning (8 February) it is cooperating with European police authorities as it works to get to the bottom of the horse meat scandal.

Published: Feb 08, 2013

Chile experienced record harvests from aquaculture in 2012, with the National Fisheries and Aquaculture service, Sernapesca, reporting a figure exceeding one million tons.

Published: Feb 06, 2013 By: News Editor

The value of Norwegian seafood exports in January totalled NOK 4.8 billion. This is an increase of NOK 636 million or 15 per cent compared to January last year, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council.