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Boston Chowda Co. sells its soup line

December 21, 2007 - SFB Staff — Plenus Group last week acquired Boston Chowda Co.’s soup-manufacturing business from Richard Lamattina and Boston Chowda Co....
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Gloucester, Va., processor to resume operations

December 21, 2007 - SFB Staff — A lender that foreclosed on a Gloucester, Va., seafood processing plant has seized property allegedly removed illegally from the plant prior to last week’s foreclosure. ...
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Former FDA official works for SSA law firm

December 21, 2007 - SFB Staff — A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official quoted in a Dec. 15 Wall Street Journal piece about the safety of Chinese shrimp is employed by a Louisiana law firm that lists the Southern Shrimp Alliance amongst its clients, says Greg Rushford, editor of The Rushford Report and a SeaFood Business columnist....
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EU agrees to cut North Atlantic cod quotas

December 21, 2007 - SFB Staff — European Union fisheries ministers in Brussels on Wednesday agreed to reduce 2008 cod quotas by 9 to 18 percent and cut the number of cod-fishing days-at-sea by 10 percent in the North Atlantic....
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American Seafoods celebrates decade of community service

December 21, 2007 - SFB Staff — The Community Advisory Board of American Seafoods Co. of Seattle is celebrating its 10th anniversary of supporting Alaska communities through grants. ...
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Commentary: Mercury-gate

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December 19, 2007 - By Steven Hedlund — The National Fisheries Institute says USA Today threw stones at the seafood industry when it ran an “alarmist” feature story riddled with inaccuracies and errors. ...
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FDA to issue ciguatera advisory

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December 19, 2007 - SFB Staff — The Daily News of Galveston, Texas, reported yesterday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will instruct seafood processors to update their safety plans and to avoid buying certain fish caught in the northern Gulf of Mexico after outbreaks of ciguatera poisoning....
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Phillips debuts Culinary Crab

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December 19, 2007 - SFB Staff — Phillips Foods is launching a new type of processed crabmeat, Culinary Crab, the company announced yesterday....
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LEYE venture to feature Chef Laurent Gras

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December 19, 2007 - SFB Staff — Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises of Chicago and Chef Laurent Gras announced this week that they will debut L.2O (pronounced el-two-oh), a modern upscale seafood restaurant in Chicago this spring. ...
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Real Simple, ‘Today’ showcase SeaPak shrimp

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December 19, 2007 - SFB Staff — SeaPak Jumbo Butterfly Shrimp was named “the best breaded shrimp” in the December issue of Real Simple magazine and on NBC’s “Today” show last week....
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