March 1, 2012 Marks Effective Date Of Meat Nutrifact Sunrise

February 27, 2012 Applied Data Corporation

Applied Data Corporation (ADC), a leading provider of fresh item, recipe management, and scales management software to the grocery retail and food service industries, has extended its systems within InterStore.NET, ADC's Fresh Item Management (FIM) suite of software, to provide readily available solutions to supermarket chains for the upcoming meat nutritional labeling requirements.

Return Of Japan Pavilion To International Boston Seafood Show Signals Recovery

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) announced that it will once again be sponsoring its highly-acclaimed Japan Pavilion at the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show 2012 (IBSS), North America’s largest seafood trade event, to be held from March 11-13, 2012 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. In addition to representing a return of the Japan Pavilion to the IBSS since its last appearance in 2010, this year’s show also marks one year since the earthquake and ensuing tsunami in northern Japan.

NY State Lawmakers Move To Ban The Sale, Trade & Possession Of Shark Fin

New York state lawmakers unveiled a bill Tuesday that would ban the sale, trade and possession of the Chinese delicacy. If the proposal legislation is signed into law, New York will join Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii in restricting shark products.

CFIA: Cold Smoked Sockeye Salmon Trim Products May Contain Listeria

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the refrigerated cold smoked sockeye salmon trim products described below because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Connecticut State Scientists Create Disease-Resistant Strawberry

February 27, 2012 Vinti Singh, News Times

After a decade of crossbreeding hundreds of seeds, scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven have cultivated a strawberry that is resistant to the fruit's most common parasites.