Conestoga Meat Packers, a Breslau, Ontario-based pork processor, is set to boost production capacity of its facility in the Kitchener-Waterloo region by one-third, while creating 100 new jobs.
EnWave has entered into an agreement with processed meat firm Campofrio Food to support the development of new dried meat products with its Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) dehydration technology.
Shuanghui International, a Chinese food giant, is hopeful of closing the $4.7bn acquisition of American pork producer Smithfield Foods by 26 September 2013, following the approvals from the latter's stakeholders.
Health officials are closing a growing number of oyster beds in the northeastern United States out of fear of vibrio, but despite the cutting off of product, dealers in the region are not worried about a shortage.
Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery has been cleared to be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council standard as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.
The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board announced today that it is accepting applications for a new executive director, to succeed Ewell Smith.
Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) on Tuesday announced it signed a cooperation agreement with the Universidad Tecnológica Del Mar De Tamaulipas Bicentenario (UTMarT) based at La Pesca, Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, México.
The Consumer Price Index for food and beverages advanced 0.2 percent in August, finishing at 237.3, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
SIAS President Michael Tan, said Singapore is seeking to leverage its geography in the heart of southeast Asia — as well as its long-established trading links with China, India and the West — to trade and process seafood.
Noel White, senior group vice president, Tyson Fresh Meats, sold 75,000 shares of Tyson stock, according to a Sept. 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Smithfield Foods Inc. announced to holders of its 6.625 percent senior notes due in 2022 that the company expects a change of control to occur when the proposed acquisition of Smithfield by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. closes Sept. 26.
The US Department of Agriculture gave four chicken plants in China the go-ahead to send processed meat products to the United States, possibly opening the way for China to eventually send its own bred chicken to the US market.
Brazilian food company Brasil Foods (BRF) is set to establish a new AED533m ($145m) food processing facility at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).
Overuse of illegal fishing methods has caused a rapid decline to Ghana’s fish stock, said James Kwabla Azamesu, a senior official of the ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, on Monday.
