On a third year cycle, one of Europe’s top tuna brands, Rio Mare, will be pushing its health-based tuna products by sponsoring the world popular cycling competition ‘Giro D’Italia’, with a...
Health & food Safety News
EU Cracks Down On Imports Of Sodium Nitrate Tuna
With a significant number of tuna-related notifications hitting the EU Rapid Alerts system this month, its Spanish products that have come most under fire. Based on incorrect labeling, a...
Talley’s Fined $80,000 Over Crew Member Death
After a court ruled Talley’s guilty for the death of a vessel crew member last month, the New Zealand based tuna fishing company has to pay a fine of NZD 80,000 (USD 60,903). In March, under...
Bumble Bee Partners With Dietitians To Boost US Consumption
Partnering with nutrition consultants, Bumble Bee Seafoods is on a mission to boost seafood consumption across the US and benefit from new guidelines on how much fish Americans should eat....
Slavery Revelations Potential Risk To Tuna Industry
Already battling issues related to slave labor on fishing vessels, the global tuna industry, and particularly the US market has now been faced with another reality; the potential risk exists...
Pacific Seiner Owner Sends Food Supply To Stricken Vanuatu
In the aftermath of Cyclone Pam’s 270km winds, survivors in Vanuatu grow desperate for food and water. Clubbing together to provide much needed aid for the hungry, several Pacific tuna seiner...
Costco Tuna Import License Suspended By Authorities
Costco, one of Canada’s top wholesalers, has allegedly failed to consistently implement the right food safety checks, and has had its license to import tuna and other fish in to the country...
Mercury Free – The New Dolphin Safe?
A company called Safe Catch has just launched a new tuna brand range claiming to be the only one 100 percent tested to be mercury safe, by approved viable technology. Consumers could be led...
Thai Cannery Assures Safety After Histamine Scare
After a Thai tuna cannery was linked with the scombroid poisoning of four Australians last week, an investigation was launched by the cannery owner and brand John Bull, but the Thai processor...
EU Health Checks Send Panamanian Tuna Back
For the month of February, the EU RASSF raised three flags for tuna products on the Commissions food safety alert system. After limited warning in January, February’s shortfalls have been...
New Tuna Brand: “Our Products Are 100% Mercury Tested”
A tuna company, claiming to be the only one that tests tuna for mercury, is about to make a debut on the world tuna stage, with its tested for “purity” canned tuna brand, Safe Catch. This...
The Top 5 Tuna Books On Amazon
In recent years there have been endless papers and reports published on tuna, recipe books that have no end, and ‘conservation awareness’ publications that don’t appear to have had quite the...
Will Tuna Feed China’s 1.4 Billion Mouths?
Since 1960, China’s population has nearly doubled, shooting up a massive 94 percent from around 667 million to just less than 1.4 billion today. While population growth has slowed off somewhat...
The Tuna Brand That Takes Health The Extra Mile
As a focus on healthy living and protein-packed food becomes an ever emerging consumer trend, many tuna brands have been seen to market their products accordingly. One brand is going the extra...
BPA Re-Confirmed No Health Hazard
It has once again been concluded that bisphenol A (BPA) levels found in tuna cans are not a health hazard and pose no risks with current levels of consumption. The EU’s Food Safety Authority...
Rabobank: Bringing A Banker’s Perspective To The European Tuna Conference
Part of a leading lender in the tuna industry, Rabobank’s Associate Director of Animal Protein, Gorjan Nikolik, will be bringing a banker’s perspective to the 5th edition of the European Tuna...
Tongue Eating Parasite The Mysterious Tuna Can Creature?
There are some conflicting opinions when it comes to “expert” identification of a mysterious black-eyed creature found in a can of Princes tuna by a UK consumer. So what exactly was it that...
NFI: US Mercury Reports Are Sloppy And Misleading
With a response that is not unseen before, distorted claims regarding a recent study on rising levels of mercury in tuna have been stomped out by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI). The...
How FADs Can Help Solve Obesity
An increase of inshore FAD catching and possible distribution of small tuna and bycatch offloaded in regional ports could be part of the solution in tackling obesity, diabetes, and other...
What’s The Difference Between A Tuna And A Cow?
With global populations making meat-eating a daily occurrence, it’s no surprise that the farming industry, producing protein sources such as beef, pork, chicken and eggs, is struggling to meet...