China’s seafood trade surplus expands as imports flounder
China's seafood processors ramped up exports of value-added products in 2024 even as domestic consumption weakened, helping the world's largest seafood trading nation expand its trade surplus
Defective ‘easy-open’ pull-tabs results in Thai Union US canned tuna recall
Tri-Union Seafoods, owned by Thai Union, has issued a recall on a number of canned tuna products due to a defective pull tab
US food culture is unique challenge for domestic shrimp
Harvesters and processors of domestically-caught and raised shrimp in the US can't follow the same script as Europe when it comes to marketing, suggests aquaculture consultant Philip Buike
US consulting company shines light on shrimp mislabeling in New Orleans ahead Super Bowl
Recent testing has again uncovered instances of foreign shrimp being falsely marketed as local
Taking lesson from US shrimpers, Hawaii tuna sector pushes country-of-origin labeling
'We believe it's very important to have the origin [listed] to allow consumers to really make informed buying choices' -- Hawaii Longline Association executive director Eric Kingma
US processor to market ‘humanely’ killed Dungeness crabs
'Humanely handled, humanely killed, humanely cooked, all of those things. I think that puts us in an advantageous position for other markets' -- Matthew Wei, Fathom Seafoods
Whole Foods’ latest seafood code update takes on labor standards, Wi-Fi access
The five-page document includes a provision to limit the maximum time fishing vessels and their crews can remain at sea to no more than 11 months
Century canned tuna recalled in Canada due to undeclared allergen
A recall for select tuna produced by Century Pacific Food in the Philippines has been issued by the Canadian government as the product failed to identify wheat in its labeling
US FDA’s plant-based labeling guidance could be opportunity for surimi
'While surimi labeling and 'plant-based' labeling are two distinctly different issues, we are optimistic that FDA's renewed attention will help focus on -- and finally fix -- the outdated 'imitation' classification' -- Gavin Gibbons, NFI
Germany’s Aldi embraces MSC improvement program
German supermarket chain Aldi Sud has become the first global food retailer to incorporate the MSC's new improvement program into its seafood sourcing policy