Adding to a coalition that already makes up nearly 70 percent of the imported Blue Swimming Crab market in the U.S. the NFI Crab Council announced yet another company has signed on to the sustainability alliance. To a team that includes Blue Star, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods, Handy, Heron Point, Lawrence Street Seafood, Newport, Phillips, RGE, Supreme Lobster and Twin Tails you can now add Crystal Harbor Seafood, LLC. …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and San Diego-based Ocean Harvest Inc., an outlet for salmon, tuna, and other fresh fish intended for raw consumption, and Ocean Harvest president, Minkyu Park, recently signed a consent decree of permanent injunction. The company had been selling seafood that was handled in violation of federal food safety standards. …
The Global Aquaculture Alliance, the leading standards-setting organization for farmed seafood, has expanded the Best Aquaculture Practices certification program with the completion of BAP standards for salmon farms. …
Higher meat prices could be on the way, a report Friday suggested. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 11 percent fewer cattle moved from grazing into feedlots during May from the same period last year. The smaller number of "feeders" reflects fewer calves being born during the last year as cattle producers tighten their herds in the face of the doubling of corn prices.
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The hanging beef arrives long before sunrise, when a 44-foot-long trailer pulls up to Unit B-14 at the Hunts Point Meat Market in the South Bronx. Inside are the carcasses of 100 steers, now divided into twice as many sides at a total weight of about 42,000 pounds—more than $100,000 worth of red meat. …
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