Toan Dao has written about Vietnam’s business community, with a focus on energy and agriculture, for a number of Vietnamese and international outlets for more than 10 years. As a contributing editor for SeafoodSource in Southeast Asia, he also covers other major seafood producers in the region including Indonesia and Thailand.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused shipments from Nekkanti Sea Foods and other shrimp exporters after finding they contained banned antibiotics ...
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Record first-quarter sales weren’t enough for Thai Union to overcome pandemic and supply chain strains, and the company posted a drop in its net profit in its Q1 results.
Thai Union reported its net profit in the period spanning January to March was THB 1.7 billion (USD 49.1 million, EUR 46.7 million), down 3.2 percent from the same period last year. The company attributed the decline to the “ongoing impacts of the pandemic and
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Thai Union has announced the appointments of new chairman, vice chairman, and director following an insider trading scandal.
In a 9 May meeting, the board of directors of the Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood company appointed President and CEO Thiraphong Chansiri to be the chairman of the board, Thai Union announced in a note to The Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Kirati Assakul, an independent director, will become the vice chairman of the
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Thai Union Ingredients (TUI), a subsidiary of Thai Union, has put into operation a new omega-3 oil facility in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, and is looking for research and development partners for the facility ...
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands-based food and beverage firm JDE Peet’s has issued a comprehensive new animal welfare policy, instituted stricter fish-welfare standards across the company’s global supply chain ...
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Vietnam’s exports of squid and octopus increased in Q1 2022 as demand from its major markets rose. Vietnam exported USD 156 million (EUR 145.9 million) worth of squid and octopus in the first quarter of the year ...
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CP Foods has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s leading fish retailer Uoriki Co. to import more premium fish species from Japan to Thailand.
CP Foods said the partnership will bring to the Thai Market “high-quality fresh fish and seafood supply under Japanese standard at a more affordable price,” beginning later in 2022.
The two companies will begin a cooperative marketing and distribution strategy
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Thai Union has announced a new partnership between its subsidiary Thai Union Graphic Co., Ltd. (TGU) and Starflex Public Company Limited (SFLEX) ...
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Thai Union Group and two other partners have completed the establishment of a joint venture that will make and sell food ingredients in the Indian market ...
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