Maine To Hold Hearings On Scallop Fishery Rules
Maine’s scallop fishermen will have a chance to weigh in on a plan to keep the rules governing their fishery about the same in the coming season. …
Month: September 2018
PCC Ends The Sale Of Pacific Northwest Chinook Salmon
"Like many of you, we have watched and learned about the struggle of our southern resident killer whales (SRKWs) to survive for lack of enough food. Our SRKWs are dependent on the health of chinook salmon runs for as much as 80 percent of their diet. For this reason, PCC Community Markets will no longer sell chinook (king) salmon caught in the waters of Washington, Oregon or British Columbia in our stores. We are simply doing our part as a co-op grocer to ensure, as we have for decades, that our supply chain helps to protect our region’s vital ecosystems." …
Tampa Maid Foods Announces New Business Development Manager
Tampa Maid Foods, LLC is pleased to announce that Pam Cooper has been hired as Business Development Manager for the Southwest Region. …
USDA And FDA Announce Joint Public Meeting On Use Of Animal Cell Culture Technology To Develop Products Derived From Livestock And Poultry
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, DVM and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. today announced a joint public meeting to be held on Oct. 23-24, 2018 to discuss the use of cell culture technology to develop products derived from livestock and poultry. …
R-CALF USA Files Reply In Beef Checkoff Case
Today R-CALF USA, through its attorneys, filed its reply in the federal district court in Montana to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) opposition to the group’s motion to expand the scope of their beef checkoff case to include more states. …
