Month: July 2018

Full Lineup Of Celebrity Chef Demonstrations For The 7th Annual Boston Seafood Festival

July 25, 2018 Boston Fisheries Foundation

The 7th Annual Boston Seafood Festival today announced its schedule for day-long culinary demonstrations. Held on Sunday, August 5th, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., on Boston’s historic Fish Pier, the festival’s culinary demonstrations begin at 11:45 a.m. Tickets are currently on sale at bostonseafoodfestival.org. General admission tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children aged six through 12, and free for children aged five and under. …

Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market Sold To Fish-Throwing Employees

July 25, 2018 Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times

Jaison Scott has an old photograph of himself as a 7-year-old with his mother’s former boss, John Yokoyama, who took him down to the Seattle waterfront regularly and taught him how to pick out the freshest fish, how to spit and how to curse. …

Impossible Foods Receives No-Questions Letter From US Food & Drug Administration

July 25, 2018 Impossible Foods

Impossible Foods has received a no-questions letter from the US Food and Drug Administration, accepting the unanimous conclusion of a panel of food-safety experts that its key ingredient is safe to eat. …

National Chicken Council Forges New Ground In Food Transparency

July 25, 2018 The National Chicken Council

As per capita chicken consumption breaks a new record in 2018 and consumers express a growing interest in where their food comes from, the National Chicken Council (NCC)—the United States' oldest and largest national association representing the U.S. broiler chicken industry (chickens raised for meat)—has developed a series of 360° virtual reality videos showing the various stages of chicken's life during modern, commercial production. The new experience is part of NCC's Chicken Check In program, which serves as a resource for consumers to get the information they seek about how most meat chickens are raised. …

Trade Tariffs Impact US Meat Industry

July 25, 2018 Jesse Knutson, Nashville Newschannel 5

Consumers may notice a dip in meat prices at the store following new tariffs imposed by Mexico and China on the United States for beef, pork, and poultry imports. …