BC Seafood Alliance: Fisheries Minister Makes the Right Decision on Pacific Herring in the Strait of Georgia

December 20, 2019 BC Seafood Alliance

“It’s the right decision,” says the Herring Conservation and Research Society’s Rob Morley of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) draft Integrated Fisheries Management Plan IFMP) for Pacific Herring in the Strait of Georgia. “Fisheries management decisions should be based on solid peer-reviewed science not the number of signatures on a petition.”

Shenandoah Valley Organic Raises $ 15 Million in New Funding to Drive Continued Growth

December 20, 2019 Shenandoah Valley Organic

Shenandoah Valley Organic (SVO) announced it closed a $ 15 million funding round led by NRV with participation from Open Prairie, as well as existing investors S2G Ventures and Middleland Capital’s VTC Innovation Fund.

PBFA and Kroger Plant-Based Meat Test is Live

December 20, 2019 Plant Based Foods Association

excited to announce the official start of PBFA’s innovative plant-based meat test with Kroger, the leading grocery retailer in the United States. You can now find three-foot plant-based meat sets within the conventional meat department at 60 Kroger stores across Denver, Indiana, and Illinois.

FDA Announces Effective Date for Final Rule Adding Soy Leghemoglobin to List of Color Additives Exempt from Certification

December 20, 2019 FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice that the stay of the effective date for the final rule amending the color additive regulations to allow for the safe use of soy leghemoglobin as a color additive in ground beef analogue products (e.g., “veggie burgers”) is now lifted.

WCMA Announces Ten Cheese Industry Leaders to be Recognized with Awards at 2020 CheeseExpo

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) Board of Directors has selected ten individuals to be recognized at the 2020 CheeseExpo for their outstanding work in the dairy processing industry.