Young’s distances itself from Findus horsemeat scandal
Seafood processor flags up checks and balances in its supply chain, compared to sister company Findus and its use of a third party processor which sold it horsemeat as beef
US, EU in talks for biggest ever bilateral trade agreement
Negotiations will be launched for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement which could add 0.5% to the EU's annual economic output
Young’s launches Mysupermarket mini-store on back of online fish sales
Young’s Seafood is launching a Mysupermarket.co.uk mini-store, to tap into strong growth in online seafood sales in the UK
Russia FAS head meets with Putin; says foreign owners are selling assets
Investigation should end in 2014, says head of FAS, only days after he said Chinese companies should leave
Pew on retailers using MSC logo: We’d prefer they didn’t use word ‘sustainable’
An executive with Pew says he’d prefer retailers didn’t say MSC-labelled product is certified sustainable, as Whole Foods says it sells some MSC products for premium
US smoker: Preventing listeria starts at source
Controlling the process in the plant is not enough; you have to make sure every step from the raw material source onwards is carried out appropriately, says US smoker
US imports of key farmed fish species soar, wild fish decline
NOAA figures show that US imports of farmed fish rose dramatically in 2012, while those of wild fish dropped
US Thai shrimp imports down 26%
Thai US shrimp exports down 26.71% in volume for 2012, compared to overall drop of 7.23% of US imports
US customs reclassification of CO could mean tariff hike
A change in status of carbon monoxide-treated tuna is being considered, which could spell an increase of millions of dollars on imports
US to issue findings on warmwater shrimp import case in March
Department of commerce will release its preliminary findings over allegations of unfair subsidies on shrimp imports on or around March 25, 2013