News, interviews and commentary on seafood food safety, seafood sanitation, seafood regulations and health.
By SeafoodSource staff
22 May, 2012
Up to 900 million breeding shrimp have died in the southern province of Tra Vinh, causing farmers initial losses of VND 1 trillion (USD 48 million).
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 May, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday formally warned distributors, retailers and foodservice operators that mollusks from Korea may be contaminated with norovirus due to inadequate sanitation controls.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
16 May, 2012
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer on Friday ran a segment on farmed shrimp after cutting it from the broadcast two nights in a row.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 May, 2012
The Washington State Department of Health is advising consumers not to eat any fresh or frozen shellfish originating from Korea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 May, 2012
A red tide measuring more than 100 square kilometers drifting toward east China's coastline is threatening local fish and aquaculture industries, as it can suffocate marine life, local authorities said.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
19 April, 2012
The 90-day public comment period on a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rule involving the presence of banned animal drugs on imported food ends on Tuesday.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
17 April, 2012
More than half (55 percent) of the seafood tested in the Los Angeles area as part of a new Oceana investigation was mislabeled.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 April, 2012
The source of a Salmonella Bareilly outbreak that sickened more than 100 consumers in 20 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., has been identified.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 April, 2012
The Philippines is now capable of DNA fingerprinting for fisheries, which is critical in food safety and in ensuring that global markets can trace the origin of fishery products.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 April, 2012
King & Prince Seafood has earned British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification under the Global Standard for Food Safety.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 April, 2012
A Torrance, Calif., seafood processor and importer has agreed to a consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that prevents the company from manufacturing or distributing seafood until it has corrected conditions in its processing facility, which is allegedly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 April, 2012
For the second time in a little more than a year, federal regulators have shut down Portland Shellfish Co., citing “numerous violations” of federal laws and health regulations and its agreement to fix food safety problems identified in early 2011.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 April, 2012
Ninety-three illnesses linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly have been reported from 19 states and the District of Columbia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday, but CDC officials said a specific food has not been identified as the source of the infections.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 April, 2012
Nutritional advice is usually straightforward. There are things we’re supposed to eat more of: vegetables, fruit, whole grains. There are things we’re supposed to eat less of: trans fats, added sugars, anything coated with salty orange dust.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
02 April, 2012
Despite a string of initiatives on food safety promised by Beijing policymakers, China’s latest seafood-safety mess looks worryingly familiar.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 March, 2012
Blue Ocean Smokehouse of Half Moon Bay, Calif., has been ordered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt its seafood processing and distribution operations because of a risk of botulism and other food-safety hazards.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
29 March, 2012
Is one of the reason that U.S. per-capita seafood consumption has been stuck at 16 pounds because consumers are losing confidence in the safety of the protein? Chris Hodge, account and marketing director at Micro Analytical Systems Inc. (MASI), thinks it’s a factor.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 March, 2012
Eurofins Scientific, which provides analytical support to the global agri-food market, on Friday said it plans to acquire Quality Trait Analysis (QTA) from BASF Corporation.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 March, 2012
There’s just something about the American oysters that are growing in the Damariscotta River area. Maybe it’s the way the cold waters of the Atlantic mingle with the shallow, warmer water upstream. Maybe it’s the health of the clean estuaries thanks to the lack of foul storm-water runoff.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 March, 2012
When diners sit down to a lobster dinner, they look forward to seeing a glistening red shell that tempts them to dig underneath — not a speckled, scabby brown crust thin enough to poke a fork through.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2012
Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, with seafood being the most common source, according to new research from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 March, 2012
Handy International on Wednesday launched a formal DNA testing program for crabmeat, soft crabs, oysters and artisanal fish.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
13 March, 2012
“Be proactive” when it comes to dealing with the new Food Safety Modernization Act — that’s the main message that panelists delivered at the final conference of this year’s International Boston Seafood Show.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 March, 2012
Inland Seafood has earned its Safe Quality Food 2000 Level 3 Certification from the Global Food Safety Initiative, placing it in a category of seafood processors with the highest standards of food safety and quality management.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 March, 2012
Cozy Harbor Seafood, a Portland, Maine-based lobster, shrimp and finfish processor, has achieved British Retail Consortium (BRC) Level A re-certification for its food-safety and quality-management program.
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