NZ Government Joins US Lawsuit on Seafood Ban

July 28, 2020 Farah Hancock, Newsroom

The New Zealand Government has waded into a US lawsuit which could affect millions of dollars of seafood exports.

Half Way Through 2020, Gulf Shrimp Landings at All-Time Lows

July 28, 2020 Southern Shrimp Alliance

The Fishery Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for the month of June.

U.S. Meat Packers Don’t Have Many Answers for Lack of Distancing

As part of an investigation into the spread of coronavirus at U.S. meat plants, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker released responses from major producers that defended their operations during the pandemic.

JBS Acquires Assets, Facilities From Closure of Greeley Mountain States Rosen Plant

Mountain States Rosen, a Wyoming-based cooperative of lamb producers in the U.S., is closing its Greeley plant by the end of July.

AMSA Announces Symposium Speakers on Food Safety: Developing Effective Interventions

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is pleased to announce, Dr. Manpreet Singh, Dr. Andrew Lee and Dr. Jeroen Hugenholtz will be the featured speakers in the concurrent symposium entitled “Food Safety: Developing Effective Interventions” on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 during the 66th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST) and the AMSA 73rd Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) exclusively virtual meeting.