P.E.I. Lobster Fishermen First In Canada To Pool Money For Marketing

P.E.I. lobster fishermen are the first in Canada to offer money from their catch to help market their product.

Associated Seafoods Calls For Scottish Smoked Salmon Protection

May 2, 2016 BBC

Moray-based Associated Seafoods said producers in other countries such as France and the US had "misappropriated" the Scottish tag for smoked salmon.

CD&R Agrees To Buy Artificial Meat Casing Maker Kalle

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced an agreement under which CD&R-managed funds will acquire Kalle GmbH, one of the world’s leading industrial manufacturers of artificial casings for the meat processing industry. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Alberta Organic Beef Producers See Opportunity As Earls Opts For Certified Humane Beef From US

May 2, 2016 David Bell, CBC News

Some experts say Earls decision to source Certified Humane beef from the U.S. because of a shortage from its Alberta suppliers highlights a changing market that could bring other opportunities.

Levels Of Drug-Resistant Salmonella In Poultry Fall

The levels of multidrug resistant strains of salmonella in raw chicken and turkey products that consumers purchase at the grocery store have declined since 2011, the FDA said Thursday in a report based on samples taken from January 2014 to June 2015.