Year: 2015

Feds Agree To Implement Seafood Import Ban To Protect Whales & Dolphins

January 7, 2015 The Center for Biological Diversity

In a landmark settlement reached yesterday, the U.S. government agreed to adopt new rules that ensure seafood imported into the United States meets high standards for protecting whales and dolphins. The long-delayed regulations will require foreign fisheries to meet the same marine mammal protection standards required of U.S. fishermen or be denied import privileges, thus implementing a 40-year-old provision of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. …

Artisanal Chilean Lobster Fishery Gains MSC Certification

January 7, 2015 Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

The Juan Fernández lobster trap fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. Lobsters from this remote Pacific island community are now eligible to carry the blue MSC ecolabel which demonstrates they come from a well-managed, environmentally sustainable source. …

J.R. Simplot Company & Caviness Beef Packers To Build New Idaho Beef Processing Plant

January 7, 2015 J.R. Simplot Company

Amarillo, Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers has formed a joint-venture with the J.R. Simplot Company to build a new Idaho beef processing plant near Kuna, Idaho. …

Smithfield Foods Reports Significant Gain In 2014 In Conversion To Group Housing For Pregnant Sows

January 7, 2015 Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. reported today that its hog production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown LLC, made significant strides in 2014 in transitioning pregnant sows on its company-owned farms in the United States to group housing systems, reaching the 71.4% mark by the end of the year. …

Did You Know.. Beef's Big Secret Ingredient: Flavor

January 7, 2015 Larry Corah, Certified Angus Beef LLC

We don’t know how many times we’ve heard someone just back from a trip abroad say, “I really would like a juicy steak.” Or how many times we’ve seen a small child hand their mother the bun just to eat the hamburger patty. Yes, thank goodness consumers love the unique taste of beef.

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