Seafood

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Joint Statement – Additional Detections of MSX in Prince Edward Island

July 26, 2024 Canadian Food Inspection Agency

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of multinuclear sphere X (MSX) caused by Haplosporidium nelsoni in additional locations on Prince Edward Island (PEI), including areas between Lennox Island and Freeland. While MSX prevents oysters from thriving, such as decreased rates of growth and increased oyster mortality, it is important to note that this disease poses no risk to human health, nor does it pose a food safety risk. …

FDA Advises Restaurants and Retailers Not to Serve or Sell and Consumers Not to Eat Certain Oysters from Recompense Cove, Freeport, Maine Potentially Contaminated with Campylobacter

July 26, 2024 FDA

The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of oysters and consumers not to eat recalled Recompense Cove, Freeport, ME oysters harvested between 6/19/2024 and 7/16/2024 from harvest sites CAS RC2 and CAS RCX and shipped to distributors in CA, CT, DE, FL, MA, MD, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NV, NY, PA, VT, and Ontario, Canada because they may be contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria. Oysters may have been distributed to other states, as well.s …

Key Technology Introduces COMPASS Optical Sorter for IQF Products

July 25, 2024 Key Technology, Inc.

Key Technology (Key), a member of Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, introduces their COMPASS® optical sorter for individually quick frozen (IQF) products such as fruits, vegetables, seafood, poultry and meat. …

North Coast Seafoods and Atlantic Sea Farms Win Climate Award at Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Tastemakers Awards

July 25, 2024 North Coast Seafoods

Boston-based North Coast Seafoods, a prominent supplier of premium quality, sustainable seafood, alongside their Maine-based partner and farmed kelp producer, Atlantic Sea Farms, were co-awarded the Climate Award at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s first annual Gulf of Maine Tastemakers Awards. The Climate Award is given to companies that champion and bring restorative food into the mainstream. …

Canadian Government Has Lifted the Moratorium On Northern Cod Fishing After 32 Years

July 24, 2024 Matthew Robertson & Tyler Eddy, The Conversation

After more than 30 years, the federal government has announced it’s lifting the moratorium that shut down commercial cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1990s. …