Heavy Rains Destroy Pensacola Oyster Farmer's Fledgling Crop

A Pensacola man is facing a setback in his effort to revitalize the region's oyster industry after recent heavy rainfall destroyed his fledgling crop. 

MSC Strengthens Independent Peer Review For Fisheries Assessments

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has strengthened the peer review process for MSC assessments by formally establishing an independent Peer Review College. The College will give greater confidence to the MSC, fisheries and certifiers of the competence, independence and credibility of all peer reviewers involved in assessments to the MSC Fisheries Standard.

Provisur Acquires Lutetia

August 2, 2017 Provisur Technologies

Based close to Paris in Plailly, France Lutetia is a leading manufacturer of equipment for the food industry. Its products include tumblers, massagers, injectors as well as smoking and defrosting equipment. For more than fifty years Lutetia has been serving customers around the globe, providing technical solutions that deliver value in a broad range of applications.

Sanderson Farms Continues Truth-Telling Campaign

August 2, 2017 Sanderson Farms

Last August, Sanderson Farms made the bold decision to launch a consumer education campaign focused on revealing prevalent falsehoods and half-truths within poultry marketing. The company's newly released television and radio advertisements, "Old MacGimmick," have evolved from these efforts and continue the same truth-telling mission.

JBS USA Recalls Ground Beef Products

August 2, 2017 USDA FSIS

JBS USA, Inc., a Lenoir, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,922 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.