The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has faulted a May 14 ABC News story, saying that contrary to the report by Jim Avila, the use of antibiotics is neither a common nor accepted practice in shrimp farming.
Mainstream Canada suffered this week after IHN virus was detected at its Dixon Bay site in British Columbia. An infectious viral disease, IHN is visible through a variety of behavioural and physical conditions which quickly lead to death.
FDA removed all Korean certified shippers of molluscan shellfish (oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops) from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL).
Transitional funding of more than A$4 million will start flowing to the grain, fish and egg export industries next month after regulations underpinning new export certification arrangements passed through the Parliament.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law that will ban roxarsone, an additive containing organic arsenic, from chicken feed starting in 2013. Maryland is the first state to have such a law on its books.
Two New Jersey state legislators have introduced a bill that would ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the sale of horse meat in the state.
The Swiss food and beverage firm, Nestlé, has inked a deal with a local government in China’s Inner Mongolia region to build and develop a new dairy farm, according to local media reports.
GS1 Australia has launched an iPhone app called the GS1 GoScan that gives consumers access to extended labelling product data as part of 2012 Food Allergy Awareness Week.
The white spirits segment in India is easily outstripping other liquor segments on the back of increased consumption of vodka among the country’s increasing youthful population.
New Britain Palm Oil (NBPO) has received applause from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for committing to source 100% RSPO-certified palm oil supplies by the end of 2012.
European food manufacturers can access thousands more tonnes of segregated sustainable soy from North America after certified supplies have become available from producer Lang Farms.
Dairy co-operatives Milk Link and Arla group plan to merge to create a business with a turnover of more than £2bn, which processes over 3bn litres of milk a year.
Anglo Irish convenience food manufacture Greencore sees “huge potential for expansion” in the US chilled food market, according to its chief financial officer Alan Williams.
