With financial pressure mounting from all directions, how the US catfish industry might wriggle free from this dangerous predicament is under intense debate. Adam Anson, writing for TheFishSite, reports.
Both risk and risk assessment have become a kind of buzz word today. In the new hygiene package from the European Union (EU), the focus is on risk assessment and risk-based inspections. Another aspect has been developing in recent years, namely risk-benefit or…
It is well known that the welfare of farmed fish can have dramatic affects on food quality, but, the relationship between farmed fish and food safety is yet to be fully understood, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite.
Domoic acid (DA) and its isomers are marine biotoxins causing amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans. In this document the European Food Safety Authority summarises the cause and affects of the problem and evaluates how best to protect consumers against t…
Once described as the holy grail of aquaculture, a new breakthrough in cod may be about to change the way we farm fish forever, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite.
