In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a coalition of consumer and public health groups urged Vilsack to immediately approve a proposal to label mechanically tenderized beef products, which the group claims are “higher risk”.
US meat company Central Valley Meat (CVM) has reopened its California meat facility after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepted its action plan involving humane treatment of livestock.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today welcomed the decision by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to remove the age restriction on beef exported from Ireland to the UAE.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today released the results of testing carried out under the National Residue Control Plan (NCRP) for 2011.
The Plant & Food Research Institute in New Zealand has received more than NZ$5 million (US$4m) in the latest round of government-backed science funding to develop fish ranching.
Total commercial red meat production in the United States in July 2012 was 3,944.5 million lbs, down 2% from a month earlier but up 4% from July 2012, the U.S.D.A. said in its latest Livestock Slaughter report.
A new report by Ecotrust has found that watershed and fish habitat restoration in Oregon has created jobs and generated $977.5 million in economic activity between 2001 and 2010.
In the second quarter of 2012, Lerøy Seafood Group had a turnover of NOK 2,306 million, which is on the same level as the second quarter of 2011, when turnover was NOK 2,397 million.
Around 7000 homes in the Beara Peninsula have been targeted by Save Bantry Bay, a voluntary group campaigning to prevent the expansion of Marine Harvest’s fish farms in the Bay.
The National Health and Quality (SENASA) and denatured seized 5000 kg of shellfish, fish and seafood, for a control procedure, held last July 23 in the town of Rawson, Chubut Province.
Since late June, Oceana has constantly surveyed the ships anchoring in the Natural Park of Ses Salines d’Eivissa i Formentera, by means of ship monitoring systems and satellite images.
The National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA) said that throughout the year fish supply is guaranteed to meet the demand for fish and seafood as since 2011 national fish production has exceeded 1,600,000 tons.
There are 2000 tonnes left of HB Grandi’s mackerel quota. The fishing has slowed down considerably, though it has been possible to land some respectable catches, but the crews have had to work for it.
The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (ARS) released a final rule expanding the contracting authority for the Beef Promotion and Research Program.
A Tyson Foods Inc. processing facility in Dakota City, Neb. was cited for willful and serious violations following the death of mechanic at the plant in March, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The company faces penalt
Brazilian beef producer Marfrig plans to sell a stake in order to lower its mounting debts, in a move which is expected attract food companies as well as private equity firms.
