Seafood

8 Leading Organizations Form Collaboration To Tackle Food Industry’s FSMA Rule 204 Challenges

September 16, 2024 The Food Industry Association (FMI)

Recognizing the imperative for a collective response, the Collaboration is founded on core principles, including operational effectiveness through collaboration, traceability for enhanced food safety, standardized data collection, and widespread training and education initiatives. The Collaboration prioritizes the enhancement of awareness and understanding of emerging traceability technologies to help ensure the safety and integrity of the food supply chain. Through united efforts, the Collaboration promotes acceleration of industry-wide compliance with FSMA Rule 204.  …

Seafood and Gender Equality Earns $715K to Advance the Gender Equality Dialogues

September 16, 2024 Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE)

For the next three years, this funding will support implementation of the Gender Equality Dialogues (GED) where seafood executives convene to align on the issues, commit to action, and leave equipped with the tools to advance equity within their operations. …

Claws and Effect: WTOP News Looks at the Murky Future of the Chesapeake Blue Crab

September 16, 2024 John Domen, WTOP News

For years now, the state of Maryland has been promoting restaurants that buy and sell Maryland crab meat. The “True Blue” program is the state’s guarantee that the crab dip you buy as an appetizer was made with crab meat taken from Maryland waters, in an effort to support the men and women who work in the state’s seafood industry. …

Connors Bros. Announces Workforce Reductions at New Brunswick Operation

September 13, 2024 Clover Leaf Seafoods Corp.

Connors Bros., North America’s leading supplier of canned herring, announced the layoff of over 20% of the positions at its plant in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick. …

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) Welcomes Cooke Inc. to the Global Partnership

September 13, 2024 The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI)

Cooke’s core purpose is to cultivate the ocean with care, nourish the world, provide for families, and build stronger communities – this aligns closely with the vision of GSSI. Sustainable development has been a driving force for Cooke, with investment in science-based marine practices and innovation, allowing them to bring a healthy and sustainable protein source to tables around the world. …