SFP Welcomes Publix Commitment To Seafood Transparency

SFP today welcomed Publix’s move to publish a list of all of the fisheries used within the company’s seafood department to source wild seafood, along with information on management, catch method, and environmental impact. The data disclosure exercise – part of the SFP Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP) – is the first time a U.S. company has made such a comprehensive report and represents a dramatic increase in corporate transparency.

A Milestone In The War Over The True State Of Cod

April 4, 2017 David Abel, Boston Globe

For years, fishermen from Gloucester to New Bedford have accused the federal government of relying on faulty science to assess the health of the region’s cod population, a fundamental flaw that has greatly exaggerated its demise, they say, and led officials to wrongly ban nearly all fishing of the iconic species.

MLB Fans Predicted To Eat Nearly 19 Million Hot Dogs In 2017

Like popcorn at the movies, hot dogs are the quintessential summer ballpark food, and the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) estimates that baseball fans will consume nearly 19 million hot dogs and more than 4.1 million sausages during the 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. The combined hot dog and sausage total could stretch from San Francisco’s AT&T Park to the new SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The hot dog total alone would reach as high as 5,301 One World Trade Centers, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

Six Flags Partners With Nathan's Famous

April 4, 2017 Smithfield Foods

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world's largest regional theme park company, today announced a new multi-year marketing partnership and food service program with Nathan’s Famous, Inc. The new agreement makes Nathan’s Famous the “Official Hot Dog of Six Flags” across the United States.

Confinement Of Organic Poultry Due To Risk Of Avian Influenza

April 4, 2017 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) enforces the USDA organic regulations for organic poultry through the National Organic Program (NOP). The NOP has received questions regarding the confinement of organic poultry flocks due to recent outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).