All in the bag: Whitby Seafoods wins Tesco deal

06-Sep-2011 - Yorkshire seafood manufacturer Whitby Seafoods has won national listing with Tesco to supply scampi after working with the retail giant for the past three years.

Fish consumption needs a new plaice to start

02-Sep-2011 - British fish consumption has fallen victim to a lost generation of British mothers who don’t know how to choose fish, cook it or serve it, warns the industry authority Seafish.

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Sea change

01-Sep-2011 - The pig is usually quoted as the example of the most efficient utilisation of raw material in the food industry every part is used apart from the squeal. Now, it seems, seafood is rapidly heading that way. Somewhere in the world someone is making a living out of fish skins, fish heads, fish bones and fish throats. Every bit, in fact, except the gloop.

Grimsby fish processor Superior Seafoods closes

30-Aug-2011 - Fish processing business Superior Seafoods has closed with the loss of about 60 jobs, according to the Grimsby Fish Merchants Association.

Fish discards ban to land whopping processing costs

25-Aug-2011 - Much higher processing costs will result if trawlermen are forced to land what they catch as part of radical reforms to the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), according to the pan-fishing industry body Seafish.

Novel plastic recycling gives food firms fuel for thought

22-Aug-2011 - A pioneering scheme to turn waste plastics into diesel could save food processing companies thousands of pounds.

Young’s lands Jamie Oliver frozen first

18-Aug-2011 - A new Jamie Oliver branded sustainable frozen fish range from Young’s Seafood is the first in a series of big new ranges from the supplier.

Iglo Group sale tittle-tattle false: industry source

18-Aug-2011 - Reports that Iglo Group private equity owner Permira is planning an imminent £1.5bn sale of the business are false, according to an industry source.

Food manufacturers ride out economic storm

11-Aug-2011 - Despite fears of sovereign downgrades and tumbling share prices, UK food and drink manufacturers increased their output by 0.5% in June 2011, but many are suffering pain from rising input prices.

Seafish boss warns CFP reform implementation will be tough

08-Aug-2011 - Ambitious reforms of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will not come into force intact, while changes that are made will be difficult to implement, one expert has warned.

Don’t ‘single out’ sous vide botulism risk, says firm

08-Aug-2011 - Sous Vide Supreme has hit back after FoodManufacture.co.uk published an article in which a food safety expert warned that homemade sous vide food could cause botulism.

'Wallpaper' sparks botulism food safety fears

03-Aug-2011 - An article published in lifestyle magazine Wallpaper about “cutting edge” food preparation techniques so worried food safety expert, Dr Jo Head that she contacted FoodManufacture.co.uk to share her fears about foodborne botulism.

Battle for the seas continues as EU intervention 'is likely'

01-Jul-2011 - There is still no resolution in sight for an international dispute that threatens the Scottish fishing sector and over 2,500 jobs, according to a trade body.

Seafish rises again

01-Jul-2011 - The Supreme Court has reinstated Seafish's powers to raise a levy on imported sea fish and sea fish products.

Scotland heads for ‘perfect storm’

01-Jun-2011 - Scotland is heading for a “perfect storm” in which major supply disruption could occur as a result of increased overseas and domestic demand in areas such as seafood, and lack of supply chain visibility.

Oyster herpes virus devastates EU stocks

11-May-2011 - Oysters in France and Ireland have been stuck by the Oyster Herpes Virus (OHV), which is causing upwards of 60% mortality in farms and creating a European shortfall that has no short-term solution, experts have warned.

Salmon processor builds on strong performance Stateside

09-May-2011 - Cumbria-based salmon processor Highland Farms has announced plans for a £1m expansion that will create around 40 new jobs.

Nutritionist warns Responsibility Deal could hit healthy food sales

06-May-2011 - Corporate nutritionist Kate Cook has attacked the government’s Responsibility Deal for a “one-dimensional approach” to calorie labelling on food that risks damaging sales of foods such as salmon and endangering public health.

Fish industry bites back at MCS provenance plans

06-May-2011 - Marine Conservation Society (MCS) calls for more details of provenance on fish packaging have been rejected by the industry as unworkable.

Salmonella specific

01-May-2011 - Resistance against salmonella infection can be improved by supplementation with specific dietary components, according to work carried out by Marleen van Ampting at Nizo food research.


News in brief

Salmon farmer harvests rivals

28-Apr-2011 - Asda and Tesco salmon supplier Grieg Seafood Hjaltland, this week acquired Skelda Salmon Farms and G Duncan (Salmon) for £2.19m.

Findus Group targets selective acquisitions

13-Apr-2011 - The Findus Group says it may well pursue “selective bolt-on acquisitions”, after it emerged that chilled and frozen foods giant’s owner is trying to renegotiate its banking covenants.

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Seafood firm expansion will create over 100 new jobs

12-Apr-2011 - Seafood producer Cumbrian Seafoods says a new government grant will allow it to develop additional manufacturing capacity and create over 100 new jobs.

Nuclear scare fails to dent UK sushi sales

06-Apr-2011 - Despite Food Standards Agency (FSA) screening of food imports from Japan, UK sushi producers speaking to FoodManufacture.co.uk off the record say there has been no consumer backlash against ‘nuclear' sushi.