Kosher Sausage Biz A Hit For Crown Heights Cooking Duo

For this Passover Two Crown Heights foodies came up with the special holiday sausage and have already sold 60,000 pieces. ShopRites and kosher grocery shops in New York and across the country sell the goods.

Kroger Gives Some Customers Refund Over Improperly Labeled Black Angus Beef

April 6, 2012 Mel Carlock, WTVA

Some Kroger customers may find a surprise at the bottom of their receipt. Kroger spokesperson Joe Bell says Kroger Plus members will see a refund of black angus beef purchased at some stores during the last 18 months.

Royal Frysk Blue Shell Mussels Obtain The MSC Ecolabel

Three Danish mussel-harvesting vessels have successfully completed the assessment process for MSC certification. Processing company Royal Frysk Muscheln GmbH financed the MSC certification process and can now use the blue MSC ecolabel on the mussels harvested by these three vessels. The ecolabel tells consumers that fish has been caught using sustainable methods and that the product can be traced back to a sustainable fishery that has been certified to the MSC standard.

Lobster Prices Too High, Boycotting Newfoundland & Labrador Buyers Say

April 6, 2012 Staff Reporter, CBC News

A group representing more than two dozen seafood companies is refusing to buy lobster, because of a dispute over a mandated pricing formula.

Eat More Fish; Risks Overstated

Since the average American eats 15.8 pounds of fish and shellfish a year (just under five ounces per week), the risk of too little fish seems to be the bigger threat. And it’s a threat that those risk-only advisories — and even some of the more balanced advisories — may be contributing to by scaring people away from eating fish.