Freshway Foods Associates To Earn Certificate In Food Systems Management

February 28, 2014 Freshway Foods

Freshway Foods announced today that key members of the company’s operations management will earn Certificates in Food Systems Management from Wright State University. Through a partnership with the university, the Freshway associates attend classes at the company’s headquarters in Sidney, Ohio, and at Wright State University’s Lake Campus in Celina, Ohio.

Europe's First Salmon Farms Earn BAP Certification

February 27, 2014 Global Aquaculture Alliance

Fjardalax ehf’s salmon farm sites in Iceland are Europe’s first salmon farms to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in late February.

Marubeni Acquires Major US Seafood Distributor Eastern Fish Company

February 27, 2014 Marubeni

Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) is pleased to announce its agreement to acquire an American seafood distributor, Eastern Fish Company (“EFC”).

Anderson's Neck Oyster Co. Filters 20 Bil. Gallons Of Chesapeake Bay Water

February 27, 2014 Anderson's Neck Oyster Company

Anderson's Neck Oyster Company announces that by March 9, 2014 the environmentally friendly small business will have filtered 20 billion gallons of water in the Chesapeake Bay through their oyster farm. You can view the progress towards this goal online at http://www.andersonsneck.com/conservation/.

American Meat Plants Said To Face Shortages Of Inspectors

February 27, 2014 Ron Nixon, The New York Times

The Agriculture Department is suffering from a shortage of inspectors at some of the nation’s meat and poultry plants, a top inspectors’ union official and a food safety group said this week, raising the possibility that contaminated products could reach consumers.