Published: Jul 10, 2012

Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will visit Japan from 9-13 July.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

Representatives of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance and the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery met in Japan, to discuss lifting temporary restrictions on the import of fish and sea products to R

Published: Jul 10, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed that 450,000 salmon at an aquaculture facility on Newfoundland's south coast have been infected with infectious salmon anemia (ISA), and will have to be destroyed.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

The Secretary General of Fisheries, Carlos Dominguez, announced the reopening of the mackerel fishery to mitigate the problems of the coastal fleet.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

NOAA Fisheries Service has announced that federal waters from 9 to 200 nautical miles off Texas will open to shrimp trawling at 30 minutes after official sunset, local time, on 15 July, 2012, corresponding to the time Texas opens its waters to shrimp traw

Published: Jul 10, 2012

The Cruse Meats Harvest Facility’s new building opened July 5, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

On the same day CKE Restaurants took a similar stand against suppliers’ use of gestation housing, Kraft Foods’ Oscar Mayer brand announced on July 6 plans to transition away from this traditional means of sow housing in favor of alternatives by the end of

Published: Jul 10, 2012

US families are preparing meals with recipes more now than in recent years, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

Elanco Food Solutions is introducing a new post-harvest carcass rinse to reduce E. coli and Salmonella pathogens in beef-processing facilities.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that the first shipment of Canadian lambs successfully entered Vietnam. The first ever commercial sale of Canadian live ruminants to Vietnam, worth $50 000, is paving the way for an expanded market.

Published: Jul 07, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russia has banned the import of pork from two US and Canadian meat companies after the antibiotics tetracycline was detected in the meat. The ban came into effect on 3 July.

Published: Jul 07, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

More than 140 jobs are under threat at a Scottish frozen sausage factory as a result of European legislation, according to a union official.

Published: Jul 07, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Union representatives of workers at Vion’s Broxburn meat plant in Scotland have slammed “the catastrophic news” that its closure threatens more than 1,700 jobs.

Published: Jul 07, 2012

Sharad Pawar, agriculture minister, today called for making Indian fisheries globally competitive by moving towards greater commercialisation and value addition.

Published: Jul 07, 2012

The continuing drought in the upper Midwest and other parts of the US is increasing the risk to livestock and crops, according to a report on WLFI.com.

Published: Jul 07, 2012

After a United Nations commission approved an international standard for the safe and approved feed ingredient ractopamine, the National Pork Producers Council praised this move.

Published: Jul 06, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Poultry leaders in the UK have welcomed a report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which claims current rules on poultry meat inspection are not sufficient to tackle the threat of modern biological hazards, such as campylobacter and salmonel

Published: Jul 06, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

A new partnership initiative to improve how the environmental impacts of the livestock industry are measured and assessed is being headed up by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Published: Jul 06, 2012

Although cost structures of Brazilian and US broiler production are similar, primarily due to feed costs in both countries being closely linked to global corn and soybean prices, increasing costs are eroding Brazil’s advantages, according to a new study.

Published: Jul 06, 2012

French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported a consortium led by French oilseed giant Sofiproteol has the backing of the French government to bid for Doux, one of the world's biggest poultry exporters, according to Reuters.