A very concerning gap is emerging between the true value of beef and the price at which it is being sold on retailers’ shelves, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) warned today.
Meat giant Vion has responded to allegations made by a Dutch television show, which asserted that the company has committed various counts of fraud with its meat production.
An international panel has broadly agreed to cut the catch of juvenile bluefin tuna in the North Pacific in 2014 by 15 percent from the 2002-2004 average, as proposed by Japan, the government said Thursday.
The U.S. government should soon give the go-ahead for the largest ever Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company: a Chinese food group's $4.7 billion deal to buy Smithfield Foods Inc (SFD.N), a person familiar with the matter said.
California has its raisins, Florida its oranges and Vermont has maple syrup. Now, Maine’s lobster industry is trying to market its brand more broadly and increase sales of the state’s best-known seafood.
A new plague swimming through the shrimp farms of China and South-East Asia is making ripples in the United States and Europe, where prawn prices have jumped to record highs in recent months.
Wild salmon harvests in Alaska have reached 261 million fish, up from the previous record of 221.9 million fish in 2005, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists said Sept. 3 in a preliminary harvest report.
Some fishermen are planning a protest in front of Walmart’s biggest store in Anchorage to urge the mega corporation to reverse its rejection of Alaska wild-caught salmon.
Volatility in protein prices and profit margins prompted Fitch Ratings to put Marfrig Alimentos's proposed senior note issuance of $600 million on Rating Watch Negative.
A South Florida restaurant staple could soon be out of reach for some customers as the price of shrimp continues to skyrocket throughout global markets.
U.S. agriculture regulators pushing to overhaul food safety inspections at poultry slaughterhouses have not thoroughly evaluated several pilot projects, which critics have said could jeopardize food safety.
An expected recovery in European oyster output this year will put the continent in a commanding position to capture growing Asian demand, according to a leading French oyster expert and marketing executive.
Diversified Business Communications (DBC), the parent company of SeafoodSource, has announced it will be rebranding its Asian Seafood Exposition as Seafood Expo Asia.
Executives at Spanish fishing firm Pescanova, including its former chairman, were ordered by a judge on Monday to put up more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) to cover potential damages after it filed for insolvency in April.
Cermaq subsidiary Norgrain has disposed of its holdings in Denofa, selling off its shares for NOK 99 million (USD 16.3 million, EUR million) in cash, according to a disclosure by the company.
After reading an Oceana report on the high rates of mislabeled seafood in the U.S. this spring, the owners of the Destin, Fla.-based Harbor Docks restaurant and seafood wholesaler knew what the company’s new ad campaign would be.
