Three Russian companies managing sockeye and pink salmon fisheries in Kamchatka have received certification by Friend of the Sea as meeting social and environmental requirements.
Pilgrim's Pride has reported net sales of $2.05 billion for the thirteen week period of the fourth quarter of 2013, as compared to $2.2 billion for the fourteen week period in 2012.
Russian veterinary service Rosselhoznadzor plans to restore pork imports from Russia over the next couple of weeks, said the agency’s spokesman Alexei Alexeenko in press-conference on February 19.
A delegation from Meat Industry Ireland (MII), comprising the main beef processors in Ireland, met with Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney yesterday evening to discuss the cattle and beef trade.
Net revenues for Brazil's JBS SA, the world's biggest meat producer, will likely grow about 20 percent in 2014, in line with recent years, the company's Chief Executive Wesley Batista said on Friday.
Sales of live local chicken resumed on February 19 after being suspended for 21 days as a result of the detection of H7 flu virus in live chicken samples drawn from a shipment of imports from China in late January.
Dutch animal feed company Nutreco has announced it will be expanding its Asian presence by opening two new plants in Vietnam and Indonesia and renovating its Chinese plant, at a total cost of EUR 15 million (USD 20.6 million).
China’s increased demand for sheep meat saw imports in 2013 soar by 106 per cent, to 254,379 tonnes according to figures from the China Customs Bureau.
Northern Irish-based processor Linden Foods was celebrating after taking home the title of Processing Business of the Year at the prestigious Meat & Poultry Processing Awards.
The US Department of Agriculture has the authority to certify animal feed and pet food products for export to foreign countries based on an agreement USDA signed with the Food and Drug Administration.
Hong Kong's mom and pop investors are clamouring for rare shares in a bite-sized Chinese pork supplier this week, heralding a potential stampede when industry giant WH Group comes to market in April with what could be a $6 billion listing.
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service withdrew inspectors from Hanford, Calif.-based Central Valley Meat Co. because of unsanitary conditions at the facility.
With a Mardi Gras festivities and the Lenten season beginning on 5 March, it is certainly a tough time of year to have reduced crawfish supply from Louisiana.
