News, interviews and commentary on seafood food safety, seafood sanitation, seafood regulations and health.
By Chris Loew, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Osaka, Japan
06 April, 2011
Japanese fishermen whose catch has been affected by the release of radioactive particles from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant should receive compensation, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Wednesday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. will estimate the amounts to be paid in consultation with the government.
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By Chris Loew, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Osaka, Japan
05 April, 2011
Harmful levels of radioactive iodine have been detected in a batch of sand lance caught off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, which is adjacent to Fukushima Prefecture. As a result, Japan has set a legal limit for radioactive levels in seafood of 2,000 becquerels per kilogram, the same limit adopted for vegetables.
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By SeafoodSource staff
31 March, 2011
British Columbia is now advising its residents to eat Canadian-caught
albacore tuna “freely.” Previously, the province’s Ministry of Health
and Centre of Disease Control urged consumers to limit their intake of
albacore tuna due to the health risks associated with the neurotoxin
methylmercury.
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By SeafoodSource staff
30 March, 2011
HowMuchFish.com is among the more than 100 recipients of the 2011 Bulldog Awards, which recognize excellence in media and public relations campaigns.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 March, 2011
A new study of Yup’ik Eskimos in Alaska, who on average consume 20 times
more omega-3 fatty acids from fish than the rest of the U.S.
population, suggests that a high intake of these fats helps prevent
obesity-related chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
20 March, 2011
What hurt the seafood industry more than anything — including supply
shortages — was the loss of seafood’s place at the table. At the
International Boston Seafood Show SeaFood Business Summit
“Rebuilding Consumer Confidence in Gulf Seafood” on Sunday, a panel of
industry experts discussed how to let consumers know that Gulf seafood
is safe.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 March, 2011
China Marine Food Group Ltd. on Friday responded to shareholder concerns over the possibility of radiation contamination of its seafood supplies, as Japan works to bring its tsunami-crippled nuclear power plants under control.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
14 March, 2011
U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Tom Coburn (R.-Okla.) are urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to update its seafood-consumption advice for pregnant and nursing women, emphasizing that the advisory is inconsistent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent recommendation to eat fish twice a week and with scientific research confirming that the health benefits of eating seafood regularly far outweigh the risks.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 March, 2011
The Catfish Farmers of America (CFA) is accusing the U.S. government of “backpedaling” following a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report questioning the cost of transferring regulation of catfish from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 March, 2011
Sea Fresh USA on Friday announced that its North Kingstown, R.I., processing facility has been certified under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for food safety.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
07 March, 2011
International markets hungry for seafood will take Irish seafood sales
to 1 billion euros, said the country’s fishery chief recently.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 March, 2011
Clearwater Seafoods on Thursday announced two of its processing facilities have been certified under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for food safety.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 March, 2011
StarKist Co. is targeting fitness-minded consumers at an event in
Columbus, Ohio, that’s expected to draw more than 175,000 people from
about 40 nations.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 March, 2011
Canadian politician Fin Donnelly on Thursday tabled a motion in the
House of Commons asking for transparency and more study before
genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon are approved for human
consumption.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 February, 2011
Despite its length, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s long-awaited and much-delayed proposal on catfish inspection can be fairly easily summarized.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 February, 2011
NSF International, a global not-for-profit public health and safety
organization, on Wednesday announced that it opened its new laboratory
in Shanghai, China, expanding its services in Asia to include testing in
the areas of food equipment, dietary supplements and ingredients, and
consumer products.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 February, 2011
Catfish Farmers of America is applauding the much-anticipated rule
for inspecting and grading domestic and imported catfish.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
18 February, 2011
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday published the much-anticipated rule for inspecting and grading domestic and imported catfish. The measure would charge the USDA with inspecting catfish under the agency’s Federal Meat Inspection Act; inspections would be mandatory.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
18 February, 2011
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers and National Fisheries Institute on Friday responded to the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s much-anticipated rule for inspecting domestic and imported catfish. A 120-day public comment period on the rule is due to begin on Thursday.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 February, 2011
Slade Gorton & Co. is weighing in on the new federal dietary guidelines, predicting they will increase demand for seafood because they point out in no
uncertain terns the nutritional and health benefits of consuming more
fish.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
26 January, 2011
New early warning technology advances in the United States and Europe are set to reduce the risk of shellfish poisoning and save the aquaculture industry money.
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By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
04 January, 2011
President Obama is expected to sign the Food Safety Modernization Act into law on Tuesday, putting the United States on a new course of enacting preventative measures at the source of food production and giving its top food agencies new and more powerful enforcement authorities.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 December, 2010
The Western Fishboat Owners Association (WFOA) on Tuesday responded to a report published in the January 2011 issue of Consumer Reports that warns pregnant and nursing women and young children to avoid eating tuna due to mercury concerns.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
09 December, 2010
The Natural Resources Defense Council is accusing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of failing to adequately protect Gulf Coast residents by underestimating the risk posed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Gulf seafood.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 December, 2010
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill’s impact on the U.S. seafood supply was the No. 1 food-related story of 2010, according to a survey released by New York-based Hunter Public Relations on Tuesday.
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