The presence of botulinum toxin in a can of tuna in sunflower oil from the Spanish private label DIA was confirmed last week. The verification came 21 days after the Spanish Agency for Food...
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How Climate Change, Size, And Diet Affect Tuna Mercury Levels
Climate change strikes again, this time it seems to be responsible for high levels of methylmercury in bluefin. This was claimed by a new study published in the academic...
EU Alerts: High Levels Of Mercury In Tuna In Italy
During the month of July, six tuna-related incidents were reported to the Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the EU. Italy notified two cases...
Shortcomings In Italian And Portuguese Tuna Controls
Last year, DG Sante audited control procedures by local authorities in Portugal and Italy to ensure that there were no breaches in the EU food safety rules involving...
FDA Suspends Topway Enterprises After Listeria Warning
Four days after its safety alert, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended Topway Enterprises' food facility registration. The company is now forbidden to sell and...
EU Alerts: Italy’s Food Poisoning Scare
In June, six tuna-related incidents were recorded by the Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the EU. Italy reported two serious cases. The first one was related to...
FDA Updates Advice: Eating Tuna Benefits Your Health
Worries about mercury in tuna and other seafood fueled by many US organizations including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the years has resulted in less consumption of...
EU Alerts: 740 PPM Of Histamine In Frozen Vietnamese Loins
Five serious tuna-related alerts were reported during the month of May by the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). Two warnings involving mercury were reported by the...
Ten People Fall Sick Eating Bluefin From Sicilian Street Vendors
In recent weeks, ten people were admitted to a Sicilian hospital for histamine poisoning. Patients said that they fell ill after eating bluefin bought from street vendors at various...
EU Alerts – High Histamine After Passing Through 3 Nations
In April, three tuna-related alerts were reported by Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) by the EU. On April 24, French authorities detected 1,344 mg/kg - ppm histamine in...
Spanish Businessmen Face Jail Over Contaminated Tuna Scandal
The four businessmen behind the sale of histamine-contaminated tuna that poisoned more than 100 people in Spain in 2017 are facing up to four years in prison and...
Tuna Coloring Most Rampant Food Fraud In EU
Most food fraud cases reported in the EU are in the fishery industry. For tuna, the top issue is coloring, noted Eric Marin, Deputy Head of Unit Alerts, Traceability, and...
Leading Tuna Industry Players Gather In Brussels
Within the European Union consumers, retailers and other stakeholders are increasing their demands for sustainable and traceable seafood. Although being Europe's main preserved seafood, canned...
Warnings In Hong Kong About Above-Limit Mercury In Tuna Sashimi
The Consumer Council in Hong Kong recently reported that 98 percent of the 50 sashimi samples – tuna and salmon – contained methylmercury (an...
Italy Recalls Spanish Yellowfin Steaks
The Italian Ministry of Health has recalled a batch of Noriberica Frozen Food yellowfin tuna steaks due to the presence of histamine in excess of the permitted limit. The affected product...
Princes vs Maersk Court Battle Over Fouled Tuna
Tuna processor Princes is suing the world’s largest shipping company, Maersk, over de-frosted whole round tuna. The Danish shipper Maersk failed to deliver 63.1 tons of frozen...
Brands With Excessive Soy Additives Still On Shelves
In the wake of the appalling revelations unveiled in Mexico earlier this week regarding the very high content of soy-based additives in some tuna brands,...
EU January Alerts On Histamine And Mercury
Numerous tuna-related alerts by the EU’s Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) were reported at the border during the first month of 2019. Portugal prevented...
Brazilian Restaurants Should Change Fresh For Frozen Tuna To Reduce Risk, Study Finds
An investigation by the Brazilian Biological Institute for Health, Food Safety and Environment in Agribusiness (IB-APTA) has found that extra precautions should be...
WCPO Bigeye Mercury Levels Related To Foraging Depth
A team of more than 10 scientists studied bigeye, yellowfin and albacore across the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) taking into account various factors such as the surface temperature...