The Food Safety and Inspection Service intends to remove from commerce 118,541 lbs. of processed egg products on concerns the eggs are contaminated with Salmonella.
A new organization to boost efficiencies and sustainability in Southeast Asia fisheries will be established with the help of a USD 100,000 (EUR 72,648) grant.
The main creditor bank for embattled Spanish fishing company Pescanova does not approve of the offer of creditors' agreement that Pescanova submitted in bankruptcy court, so the threat of the liquidation still hangs over the fishing giant.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded China Fishery Group Limited's corporate family rating and the senior unsecured rating on notes issued by its subsidiary -- CFG Investment S.A.C. from B1 to B2, according to a statement.
Cooke Aquaculture announced it signed an agreement with Marine Harvest to purchase its subsidiary Meridian Salmon Farms with assets on Shetland and the Orkney Islands and on the mainland of Scotland.
The Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue has handed over the shrimp standard to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), following seven years of development.
Investment firms Inalca (Cremonini Group) and Knightsbridge have partnered to establish Inalca Eurasia Holdings, a joint venture to develop food distribution and meat production activities in the Eurasian markets.
Slowing the rate of climate change and improving energy use efficiency, whilst also feeding the growing global population, are key targets for the livestock sector, policy-makers and scientists alike.
Pig meat exports to other EU countries were 4.5 per cent lower in 2013 than the year before, while the volume to third-countries was down by almost 10 per cent.
It’s not only companies that roam the world in search of new markets. France’s largest pig cooperative Cooperl also took the step and opened offices in China and Russia.
Russia will allow imports of pork from the United States from Smithfield Foods Inc., which is a subsidiary of WH Group formerly known as Shuanghui International Holdings, according to a report of the Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselhoznadzor.
The Chinese on the other hand consume a mere 120 pounds of meat per person each year. Yet with 1.35 billion people in the country, China now consumes double the amount of meat we do in the U.S..
Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat and fodder producer, has announced the acquisition of Lisko Broiler, a poultry producer in the Voronezh Region in Southern Russia.
The head of the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Mario Aguilar Sanchez, believes there is capacity to increase the production of tilapia in the country.
Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in coordination with the Norwegian Seafood Council held a conference, with an aim to exchange experiences between two sides in aquaculture, seafood processing and exporting.
