Shellfish

Boston Sword & Tuna Protects Seafood Safety with High-Performance Metal Detectors from Mettler-Toledo 

March 6, 2025 METTLER TOLEDO

To better inspect challenging products like seafood and minimize false rejects, Profile Advantage metal detectors use multi-simultaneous frequencies to distinguish between metal contaminants and natural product characteristics. BST’s quality assurance protocol includes twice-daily calibration tests using certified test strips made from ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless-steel metals. …

S&M Shellfish Co. Issues Recall for Oysters Harvested from Canada Due to Norovirus

December 18, 2024 FDA

The implicated products include oysters sold as Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay, and Royal Miyagi oysters that were harvested between 12/1/2024 and 12/9/2024 from BC, Canada growing area(s). …

Hurricane Helene: Florida Agricultural Production Losses Top $40M, UF Economists Estimate

November 19, 2024 University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS)

The EIAP economists attribute the significant difference between the low and high estimates in each range to uncertainty as well as to large swaths of agricultural lands where producers experienced weak hurricane conditions and reported minimal or no losses. …

Aptar – Food Protection Expands Active Packaging System for Seafood into E-Commerce Category

August 13, 2024 Aptar–Food Protection

Aptar–Food Protection, part of AptarGroup, Inc. and a leader in active material science food safety solutions, has expanded its SeaWell active packaging system into the e-commerce category. Already utilized by major retailers across the U.S., the novel active packaging solution – designed to help maintain seafood freshness, quality and aesthetics – has now been adopted for direct-to-consumer shipping of various seafood items including filets, whole fish and shellfish like crab legs, scallops and shrimp. …

FDA Advises Restaurants and Retailers Not to Serve or Sell and Consumers Not to Eat Certain Shellfish from Oregon and Washington Potentially Contaminated with Paralytic Shellfish Toxins

June 6, 2024 FDA Warning

The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of, and consumers not to eat, oysters and bay clams harvested from growing areas in Netarts Bay and Tillamook Bay, OR harvested on or after 5/28/24, and all shellfish species from growing areas in Willapa Bay, WA: Stony Point, harvested between 5/26/24 and 5/30/24; Bay Center, harvested between 5/29/24 and 5/30/24; and Bruceport, harvested between 5/29/24 and 5/30/24, and distributed to AZ, CA, CO, HI, NV, NY, OR, and WA because they may be contaminated with the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). …