Month: November 2015

FishWise Partners With Seafood Producers Cooperative

November 2, 2015 FishWise

FishWise is very proud to announce our new producer partnership with the Seafood Producers Cooperative (SPC) based in Bellingham, WA and Sitka, AK. SPC is North America’s oldest and most successful fishermen’s cooperative whose nearly 600 members use primarily hook & line techniques to target albacore, salmon, halibut, and sablefish. SPC albacore, salmon, halibut, and sablefish are all either Green ‘Best Choice’ by Seafood Watch and/or MSC certified. …

Second Largest Alaska Salmon Harvest In 2015, But Low Payout

November 2, 2015 Laine Welch, SitNews

Alaska’s 2015 salmon season produced the second largest harvest ever, but rock bottom prices yielded the lowest pay out to fishermen since 2006. That will cut into the tax base of coastal communities and state coffers, which collect fully half of all fish landing taxes. …

Oyster Harvesting Ban Issued For Most Of Texas Coast

November 2, 2015 Jacqueline Crea, KHOU 11

Thirty of the 35 oyster harvesting areas along the Texas Cost will be closed come November 1st, due to a variety of dangerous conditions found by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. …

Meat-Cancer Connection: How Should The Food Industry Respond?

November 2, 2015 Geoff Colvin, Fortune

The WHO says processed meats—hot dogs, bacon, sausage, ham, deli meats—are carcinogens. They cause cancer, period. Like cigarettes. “Each 50-gram [1.8-ounce] portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18%,” the panel says flatly. We’ll now see how meat producers respond to this potential industry crisis. Especially revealing will be the reactions of the four huge companies that dominate the U.S. meat business. …

Joseph Epstein Food Enterprises Recalls Turkey Meatball Products Due To Misbranding

November 2, 2015 USDA FSIS

Joseph Epstein Food Enterprises, Inc., an East Rutherford, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 190 pounds of turkey meatball products due to misbranding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The label declares the product as “gluten-free,” a false negative claim. …