NFI Expands Trade Education Campaign
Do to the interest in the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Seafood See, Jobs campaign the trade association has expanded the online content offering after only one day. …
Month: August 2018
Boston Chef Brings Culinary Win To Massachusetts In 2018 Great American Seafood Cook-Off
Chef Marc Orfaly, Culinary Director of ReelHouse, one of the restaurants within the Massachusetts-based Navy Yard Hospitality Group, represented the state of Massachusetts and brought the win back from the Great American Seafood Cook Off in New Orleans on Saturday, August 4, 2018. One of the most prestigious culinary competitions in the United States, The Great American Seafood Cook Off emphasizes the importance of cooking with domestic and sustainable seafood. …
Plant-Based, Chef-Mastered, Good Catch Secures $8.7M Series A Financing Round
On a mission to provide ocean-friendly, plant-based seafood options for everyone, the culinary rebels with a cause at Good Catch today announced the closing of an $8.7M Series A funding round. The round was led by New Crop Capital and a syndicate of investors: leading European food manufacturer PHW Group; retailers Thrive Market and Fresh Direct; strategic private investors and entrepreneurs with global reach; and mission-aligned impact partners, including Stray Dog Capital, Clear Current Capital, VegInvest, Rocana Capital, Blue Horizon, EverHope Capital, Baleine & Bjorn Capital, M13, and Starlight Ventures. …
USDA Updates The US Poultry Standards For Consistency
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced an update to the voluntary U.S. Classes, Standards, and Grades for Poultry (poultry standards) to ensure they align with the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service definitions for “roaster and roasting chickens” used in labeling compliance. This update became effective August 6, 2018 with publication in Federal Register. …
StoneRidge Wholesale Division Recalls Pork & Beef Bologna Products
StoneRidge Wholesale Division LLC., a Wautoma, Wis., establishment, is recalling approximately 656 pounds of fully cooked, not shelf stable ready to eat pork and beef bologna products due to misbranding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products contain sodium nitrite and sodium erythorbate, which are not declared on the finished product label. …