Published: Oct 25, 2012

Baja Marine Foods, a company within the Tri Marine Group, based in Ensenada, Mexico has successfully undergone Friend of the Sea audit and its squid and sardine products can now carry the international sustainability seal of approval.

Published: Oct 25, 2012

India's loss is Thailand's gain, as Thai shrimp exporters expect a windfall following a ban by Japan on imports from India on account of ethoxyquin antibiotic contamination.

Published: Oct 25, 2012

The Brazilian government plans to invest $2bn by 2014 to double the fish production to about 2 million tons per year.

Published: Oct 24, 2012

The Buckie based company, which is part of Associated Seafoods, won the ‘Development of Export Markets’ category, at the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards held in Inverness on Friday 19 October.

Published: Oct 24, 2012

Compania Pesquera Camanchaca, a seafood producer and exporter based in Chile, has divested its wholly-owned fishing and fishmeal subsidiary in Ecuador, Pesquera Centromar, to a group of investors led by Peru’s Congelados Peruana del Pacífico and Profish T

Published: Oct 24, 2012

Following a thorough assessment of food safety controls at Establishment 38, XL Foods Inc., the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has lifted the suspension on the facility’s licence to operate.

Published: Oct 23, 2012

The Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex), has decided to lower the tariff of the Import Tax on frozen sardines, in order to prevent an undersupply.

Published: Oct 23, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

Food manufacturers should educate shoppers about where and how fish products have been sourced, according to the Iglo Group, which owns the Birds Eye brand.

Published: Oct 23, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Sausage skin manufacturer Devro reported strong demand for its collagen sausage castings, which were offset by rising costs and adverse currency factors, according to its latest interim management statement covering the period from July 1 to October 22.

Published: Oct 23, 2012

Health Canada has started a review of the science around the safe handling and cooking of beef products that are mechanically tenderized, to identify what advice should be communicated to consumers and the food industry.

Published: Oct 22, 2012 By: Rachel Tepper

Earlier this month, McDonald's Corp.'s sustainability vice president Bob Langert addressed the issue of sustainable beef and the difficulty defining it.

Published: Oct 22, 2012

South Island salmon producer NZ King Salmon is hooking into the coveted fine dining market.

Published: Oct 22, 2012

Government officials in Kenya have stated that fish consumption in the country is not big enough to support aquaculture.

Published: Oct 22, 2012

Beef producer Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) plans to set up an A$85m ($88.23m) meat processing facility near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Published: Oct 22, 2012

Columbus Foods, a US-based producer of specialty meats, has launched Farm to Fork Naturals line, which features minimally processed, pre-sliced meats.

Published: Oct 19, 2012 By: Josh Long

Beef Products, Inc. faces extremely high hurdles in proving its $1.2 billion lawsuit against ABC News, some legal experts say.

Published: Oct 19, 2012

According to Reuters, JBS USA said it signed an agreement with privately held beef processor XL Foods to manage its Brooks, Alberta, Canada operations, which has been idle since Sept. 27 over E. coli contamination.

Published: Oct 19, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

Food manufacturers should switch to sustainable fish stocks from endangered ones and help to educate shoppers about making better buying decisons, delegates heard at a fishing industry seminar this week.

Published: Oct 18, 2012

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of pangasius in the Netherlands, Varsseveld-headquartered Queens Products invited every family in town to a Panga Drive-In, where they could pick up free jubilee bags of the Vietnamese catfish.

Published: Oct 18, 2012

British grocery chain Tesco plans to increase the range of its alternative fish varieties, after sales of sustainably caught fish rocketed over the past 52 weeks.