A deadly Listeria outbreak in the United Kingdom has been linked to one company but product testing has only found low levels of contamination.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) suspect the source of contamination to b
In 2011, WRAP estimated that 1.2% of fishery produce was wasted, costing retailers alone £12 million. Why are fish and seafood products so perishable? Understanding this may help us identify ways of extending shelf-life by a day or more, potentially
Traceability is the overarching term, which describes the ability to trace the history of a (food) product through its production and full life cycle. This system of traceability is basically a record of where the product has been, who was in contact
Health types in the UK report on six cases of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) following consumption of mussels in the United Kingdom (UK). The mussels contained high levels of heat-stable okadaic acid (OA)-group toxins. Here we describe the envi
Sea to Table, a company that delivers seafood billed as sustainable and domestic, is the subject of an Associated Press report that indicates its products not always be either.
The World Wildlife Fund has started a project funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to track fresh and frozen tuna in the Western and Central Pacific.
Fish farming is big business - the industry now produces about 100 million tonnes a year - and with salmon prices soaring, producers are turning to lasers, automation and artificial intelligence to boost production and cut costs.
A salmon farming company has joined forces with traceability experts, creating unique fingerprints to verify the origin of their fish.
North Sea cod is now sustainable and can be eaten with a "clear conscience", The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has said. The fish has been considered under threat for more than a decade after stocks fell to 36,000 tonnes in 2006.
BIM's report shows that Ireland’s seafood industry experienced a strong year in 2016, sporting 7.4 percent overall growth. The sector employed more than 11,000 people.
Sushi lovers are being warned of the dangers of ingesting parasites from raw and undercooked fish. Doctors writing in British Medical Journal Case Reports said sushi's growing popularity in the West could be linked to a rise in parasitic infections.
Fish stocks in the Mediterranean are deteriorating at an alarming rate, with 93 percent of assessed stocks at an over-exploited level, according to studies compiled by the European Commission’s Scientific Technical Economic Committee for Fisheries (S
Researchers investigating the risks posed by climate change on the sustainability of fish and shellfish in the Irish Sea are being given more than £6m in EU funding to carry out two projects.
Sea fisheries, aquaculture and processing businesses in Scotland will receive more than GBP 8 million (USD 9.9 million, EUR 9.4 million) of EU and Scottish Government funding, including GBP 1.6 million (USD 2 million, EUR 1.9 million) for projects in
Chile's national fisheries and aquaculture service Sernapesca launched an emergency for algal bloom contamination in the Gulf of Penas in the Aysen region and its surrounding areas. The call follows the launch of an investigation last week after two
Fraudsters are colouring low-quality tuna and selling it off as premium fresh fish in an underground market which makes hundreds of millions of pounds a year, according to official figures.
The traditional British fish supper could be replaced by the likes of squid as the waters around the UK's shores grow warmer, say government scientists. Squid and fish that thrive in warmer waters, such as sardines and anchovies, are flourishing arou
A meat wholesaler which was prosecuted for labelling foreign beef as Irish has been told it had committed a fraud against the wider meat industry.
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