Conagra frozen shrimp dish to benefit from rising Ozempic popularity
Healthy Choice, a frozen meal line from Conagra Brands, is looking to profit from popular GLP-1 medications, which are used in the US for diabetes and weight management
Prison time for sales manager in US seafood mislabeling scheme
'These criminal convictions should put restaurants and wholesalers on notice that they must be honest with customers about what is actually being sold' -- US Attorney Todd Gee of the Southern District of Mississippi
Mississippi restaurant seeks dismissal of seafood mislabeling civil suit
The Mississippi restaurant and its co-owner were sentenced in a federal court last month on charges related to conspiracy to misbrand seafood
Genetic testing detects shrimp mislabeling in US Gulf Coast restaurants
SeaD Consulting reports having sampled 44 restaurants in Biloxi, Gulf Shores and other surrounding parts of the US state Mississippi that market 'fresh local seafood'
Oman’s Simak launches first tuna consumer products
Simak, a firm owned by Fisheries Development Oman, has officially launched its new line of commercial canned tuna products in the domestic market
US mislabeling scheme saga continues with seafood restaurant’s sentencing
More sentencing in the conspiracy to misbrand seafood is expected when wholesaler Quality Poultry and Seafood and two of its managers return to court on Dec. 11
NOAA details plans to include ‘country of harvest’ in SIMP expansion
The proposed rule for the SIMP expansion is expected to be released in 2025, but not before the US presidential transition in late January -- Alexa Cole, NOAA
Senegal’s tuna fishery achieves MSC after four-year FIP
A Senegalese Atlantic Ocean tuna fishery, represented by Compagnie Africaine de Peche au Senegal and Senegalese-founded Grand Bleu, has become the first in the region to achieve the certification
US lawmakers demand probe into whether taxpayer dollars are funding Ecuador’s shrimp boom
Three congressmen are calling for a review of US cash backing foreign shrimp projects, saying it squeezes American producers
Alaska wild salmon fisheries re-certified ‘sustainable’ by MSC
In 2000, wild-caught Alaska salmon became the first in US fishery -- and the third on the planet -- to achieve MSC certification by the global seafood sustainability monitor