FDA Updates Protocol for the Development and Registration of Treatments for Preharvest Agricultural Water
Two updates have been made since we first released the protocol in July 2020. …
Month: May 2022
APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Finger Lime from Italy
The Government of Italy has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Finger Lime (Citrus australasica) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. …
Top Three Picks from Danziger Open House in Israel
Danziger invited their customers; growers, buyers, wholesalers, importers and florists from Israel and abroad to discover their latest innovations and to learn about their best seller’s assortment from Danziger experts during their Open House event. …
NFI’s Top 10 List Offers a Look Back in Time
In 2020, Americans ate 19 pounds of seafood per capita, down slightly from 19.3 pounds in 2019. The onset of COVID-19 brought significant disruption to traditional business operations and consumer behaviors. While restaurants were forced to shutter, there was an impressive up-tick in seafood purchases at retail but apparently not enough to find an equilibrium in the first full year of the pandemic. …
Sullivan, Murkowski Welcome Signing of American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act
President Joe Biden this week signed the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act into law, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and cosponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that will create an industry-led committee to assist in the administration of federal fisheries marketing, research, and development grants. …