Month: January 2013

Ready Pac Bistro Bowl Salads Sustainability Efforts Add Up

January 4, 2013 Ready Pac

Fresh food marketer Ready Pac Foods, Inc. is celebrating yet another achievement on its bowl salad line. In 2012 the Company launched Ready Pac Bistro® Organic bowl salads, new skus for the conventional line, and new private label bowl salads. Now we have tallied up the effects of on-going efforts to improve the sustainability of the product packaging and determined that the Ready Pac Bistro® Bowl Salads line is on track to use more than 56,000,000 recycled plastic beverage bottles this year. …

Cooke Aquaculture Ready To Invest In Rural Nova Scotia

January 3, 2013 Cooke Aquaculture

Cooke Aquaculture, an Atlantic Canadian family company, welcomes the news that two new salmon farms have been approved for the Jordan Bay area near Shelburne, Nova Scotia. These new farms will contribute to the further development of the Company’s expansion plans -­ for developing a science-­based, globally competitive, sustainable aquaculture sector in Southwestern Nova Scotia. …

Morey's Seafood International Achieves BRC Certification

January 3, 2013 Morey’s Seafood International

BRC Certification Grade A – The Specialty Products processing facility for Morey’s Seafood International has earned British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification under the Global Standard for Food Safety. The Motley, Minnesota based facility has earned certification with a grade of “A” which is the highest grade available. …

NFI Crab Council Welcomes Trans Global Products, Inc.

January 3, 2013 NFI Crab Council

The NFI Crab Council continues to expand its membership with the addition of Trans Global Products, Inc. A part of the seafood community for the last three decades, Trans-Global specializes in pasteurized crabmeat and is known for its Trans-Global ® and Captain’s Delight® brands. …

Six Countries Ban Brazil Beef Over Mad Cow Case

January 3, 2013 Staff Reporter, Reuters

Six countries have banned imports of Brazilian beef, including No. 6 importer Chile, since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesda …