MSC-Labelled Products Reach 10,000 Mark

Stührk’s Cocktail Shrimps with Dill Cream has become the 10,000th MSC ecolabelled product to hit the global seafood market. The blue MSC ecolabel is assurance that the product is sourced from a sustainable and well-managed fishery and helps consumers make sustainable choices when buying seafood.

Atlantic Cod Upgraded To "Good Alternative" By Monterey Bay Aquarium

June 9, 2011 Icelandic USA

The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch has just upgraded trawl caught Atlantic Cod from Iceland to a “Good Alternative” for consumers. The Seafood Watch, started by the Aquarium in 2000, empowers seafood consumers and businesses with information and data allowing them to make purchasing choices that will support healthy and sustainable oceans.

Al Fresco All Natural Gets Rid Of The Gluten

June 9, 2011 al fresco All Natural

al fresco All Natural, America's top-selling chicken sausage, announced today that its entire line of products is now gluten-free. While most premium sausage makers have select items that are gluten-free, al fresco All Natural guarantees that 100% of our all natural products are gluten-free and always will be.

Maple Leaf Farms “Thrill for Your Grill” Summer Contest

June 9, 2011 Maple Leaf Farms

Maple Leaf Farms is calling for entries for the Thrill for Your Grill Summer Contest now through June 26, 2011. The contest asks entrants to share their favorite or best July 4th celebration memory in 100 words or less for a chance to win one of two prizes.

U.S. Senator Gillibrand Introduces Meat Safety Legislation

As a previously unknown strain of E. coli is claiming lives in Europe, U.S. Senator Kirsten has introduced new meat safety legislation that would target all high-risk pathogens and all currently unregulated strains of E. coli found in the meat supply that have been proven to cause food-borne illnesses.