Food safety & handling

EU - The European Commission has adopted a report on the feasibility of an EU ecolabel scheme for fishery and aquaculture products.

NORWAY - What is quality? And what makes it good? Or bad? These are difficult questions that Nofima scientists have decided to tackle when it comes to seafood.

US - Whether fish hunt nearshore or in the open water and what prey they eat affect the amount of mercury that accumulates in them, a Dartmouth College study shows.

UK - Researchers from Iceland, Norway, Scotland and Finland are working on a joint project called Smart-Fish that will be presented at the Aquaculture UK conference in the Strathspey Suite, MacDonald Conference Centre, A…

EU - A strong traceability system for all fishery products sold in EU restaurants and shops would help to prevent cases of mislabelling, said MEPs in a resolution approved on Thursday 12 May.

US - According to a recent Cargill Animal Nutrition survey, US consumers recognise there are more health benefits associated with eating fish and seafood compared to taking fish oil supplements. Consumers understand that…

ECUADOR - Ximena Carrin Granda, a Food Engineering graduate from Ecuador, has developed edible coatings containing natural substances with antimicrobial properties in order to extend the shelf-life of fish and seafood pr…

SAUDI ARABIA - Following a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on the detection of white spot in farmed shrimp in Pakistan, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has placed a ban on shrimp impor…

US - In a new study, environmental pollutants found in fish were shown to obstruct the human body's natural defense system to expel harmful toxins. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego-led research tea…

US - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an import alert allowing its District Offices to detain, without physical examination, imports of shrimp and prawns from peninsular Malaysia due to testing that f…

US - Vibrio parahaemolyticus caused an outbreak of food poisoning in Maryland in 2010. The pathogen strain sequenced from patients proved to be the same strain as one of those found in raw oysters from local restaurants,…

UK - Children born to mothers who eat salmon when pregnant may be less likely to have doctor diagnosed asthma compared to children whose mothers do not eat it, new research has shown.

GLOBAL - After more than five years of hard work by the world's leading fish veterinary company, Fish Vet Group (FVG), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved imports of salmon that have been treated w…

UK - New research has found that overfished species of tuna and eel are among the sushi dishes being served up without adequate labelling information to consumers.

US - The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has released details about its most recent DNA test results that show 99.6 per cent of MSC labeled products are correctly labeled. At a time when consumer concerns over seafood f…

GLOBAL - More than 99 per cent of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabeled products are correctly labeled, according to DNA test results released by the MSC. By comparison, Oceana's nationwide survey in 2013 found one…

EU - International experts provided valuable insights on how to bridge seafood safety information gaps and improve communication between decision makers and consumers at a workshop in Brussels, Belgium, on 21 January 201…

US - New research published in the journal Environment International has suggested that a move toward plant-based feeds in quaculture alters the environmental footprint of farm-raised seafood and may change levels of hea…

NORWAY - If nitrogen is replaced by high oxygen when packaging fresh cod, the fish retains its quality for longer, finds new research.

CANADA - A Catch to Plate pilot project is helping the lobster industry track the quality of its product from catch to market, reduce costs and respond to consumer preferences.