Seafood

Seafood covers the gamut of issues: health - through consumption of poly-unsaturated fatty acids and dangers - through potentially increased consumption of heavy metals; questions about sustainable sourcing; and big issues around new product development to make fish and shellfish (molluscs) more acceptable to consumers. Don’t waste time fishing around for essential information when you can get it from one informed source.

Scottish food producers to apply for Euro protected status

17-Jun-2013 - The Scottish government is urging the nation’s food producers to step up efforts to win EU protected food name status.

Nutritionist: more imaginative fish NPD needed

10-Jun-2013 - More creative use of oily fish in new product development (NPD) would help increase its consumption to advised levels, according to a prominent nutritionist.

New schools’ project promotes eating fish

24-Apr-2013 - Seafish, the UK’s authority on seafood, is hoping to net the next generation of fish eaters early, with a new schools’ education programme aimed at three-to-five-year-olds.

Industry group condemns fish mislabelling

03-Apr-2013 - The industry body Seafish has condemned the practice of fish mislabelling after media reports claimed the practice was widespread.

Ex-fisherman to bring national-scale crab production back to Cromer

28-Mar-2013 - Fisherman turned food manufacturer Kevin Jonas has hatched a plan to bring large-scale production of Cromer crab back to its North Norfolk home town of Cromer, creating 20 jobs.

£43,000 fine for fishing boat repairs that ‘risked lives’

19-Mar-2013 - A boat repair business has been ordered to pay £43,000 after it sent two employees to repair a fishing boat’s diesel tank under circumstances that could have led to a fatal accident.

Young’s: stop seeking NPD silver bullet

14-Mar-2013 - Frozen food manufacturers should not concentrate on finding “a single new product development [NPD] silver bullet” to increase sales but, instead, segment their offerings to particular types of shoppers.

Stronger seal for poultry and fish

04-Mar-2013 - Poultry and fish products can now take advantage of the new pluS range of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET)/ polyethylene (PE) packs from rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Holfeld Plastics.

Saucy Fish casts net over Scandinavian seafood market

04-Mar-2013 - Fish processor Seachill has launched its £40M brand The Saucy Fish Co on the Scandinavian seafood market.

Feature

Fear of fish

07-Feb-2013 - With their slippery scales and staring eyes, fish are often avoided by squeamish consumers. Lorraine Mullaney seeks packaging solutions

Plastic fantastic rises to the fish storage challenge

07-Feb-2013 - 2 Sisters Food Group's Five Star Fish company recently won a contract to supply Morrisons with cod, haddock and plaice with chilled breaded coating. It needed to produce to bulk with minimal handling and store in limited quantities to preserve the food product colour and highlights, which are key to consumer appeal.

Job cuts loom at Scottish Salmon Company

14-Jan-2013 - This spring will bring job cuts for some of the 169 staff at the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) in the Western Isles, as the firm announced a review of its Stornoway harvesting and processing operations last week (January 8).

Fish handling option in the bag

02-Jan-2013 - Fresh fish is often perceived by consumers as difficult to handle and prepare. Now, shoppers at Morrisons 500 fish counters have a new option that makes it easy to store, cook and clean up after fresh fish, with new taste ideas too.

GM salmon step closer to US dinner plates

02-Jan-2013 - Genetically modified (GM) salmon moved a step closer to US, and possibly European, dinner plates last month with the publication of a favourable environmental assessment from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

EC fish quotas plan ‘will make things worse’: DEFRA

17-Dec-2012 - European Commission plans to cut fish quotas next year will jeopardise the sustainability of stocks and “make things worse”, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Food boss prosecuted after finger amputation

26-Nov-2012 - The boss of a London smoked salmon business has been prosecuted after a worker had to have a finger amputated when his hand was crushed in machinery.

Food crime: 200t of illegal fish destroyed in fraud probe

13-Nov-2012 - More than 200t of illegal fish seized in one of Scotland’s largest food fraud investigations will now be destroyed.

John West rolls out global data management

31-Oct-2012 - Global seafood processor MW Brands, which owns the John West range of fish and seafood products, has placed a contract with UK-based data management systems specialist Applied Principle for its data collection systems. The project is being carried out in response to MW Brands' need to update its paper-based system and increase efficiency.

Food manufacturers should educate shoppers about sustainable fish

22-Oct-2012 - Food manufacturers should educate shoppers about where and how fish products have been sourced, according to the Iglo Group, which owns the Birds Eye brand.

Switch to sustainable fish stocks, food manufacturers told

18-Oct-2012 - Food manufacturers should switch to sustainable fish stocks from endangered ones and help to educate shoppers about making better buying decisons, delegates heard at a fishing industry seminar this week.