Cactus, a retail chain in Luxembourg, has informed health authorities in the country of a recall relating to fresh tuna sold in stores at the end of last week. Certain references of Sashimi...
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EU Plans Ban Of Lower-Quality Branded Food In Eastern Europe
The European Commission has announced a move to prohibit multinational companies from selling inferior versions of their products to consumers in Eastern Europe. Studies, as well as complaints...
Vanuatu’s Dormant Tuna Plant To Finally Start Up This Year?
A tuna processing plant in Vanuatu, which has been dormant since 2009, may be open for business before the close of 2018, says its new Managing Director, Michael Jiang. There have been several...
Alliance Vice Chairman Denies “Defrauding” Accusations
The Vice Chairman of Alliance Select Foods International, George SyCip, has denied committing any unlawful act, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) found probable cause to indict him and...
Crew Fail To Salvage Longliner After Spending Millions
A Japanese tuna longliner stuck on a rocky reef in Namibia has been written-off by its owners following the failed attempt to salvage the ship. Due to costs for trying to rescue the boat...
Calvo Aims For 40% Sales Boost In Latin America
The Spanish processing company, Calvo, has proudly claimed it is seeing “constant growth and consolidation” in Central America as well Colombia and the Caribbean. The firm now looks to further...
Innovation Needed To Maintain Italian Market Growth
The rise in canned tuna demand on the Italian market outperformed the rest of the EU last year, and major firms in the country expect growth to continue. More purchases from Italian importers...
Million Dollar Wastewater Plant Opens At TU’s Seychelles Cannery
The Indian Ocean Tuna Limited (IOT) factory has announced it will start using its new wastewater treatment plant this week. The facility, which cost majority owners Thai Union almost USD 10...
Seychelles Plans Smarter Use Of Tuna Seiner Bycatch
The Seychelles government is looking to implement a Bycatch Management Policy, which would more strongly regulate the landing of bycatch species caught by tuna purse seiners. An Indian Ocean...
Japanese Group Wants RFMOs To Get Stricter On IMO Numbers
A Japanese NGO has called for all tuna RFMOs to require vessels, including those with a gross tonnage that is below 100, to have unique vessel identification numbers, which can now be issued...
Alliance Exec: DOJ Ruling Will Not Impact Operations
Philippine tuna canner, Alliance Select Foods International, believes the Department of Justice’s recent order, for prosecutors to file ‘estafa’ charges against the company’s executives, is an...
Increased Free-School Supply A Threat To P&L Demand?
Purse seiners are delivering increased volumes of free-school catch to Bangkok and thus more tuna caught using this method is available to canners and ultimately the market. We want to know...
Most Think Non-Entangling FADs Won’t Reduce Shark Deaths
More than half of industry members believe non-entangling FADs will not reduce shark mortality on a large scale, according to our recent poll. This is despite the concept, first introduced by...
Tuna For Pets Nearly Double The Price Of Human Alternatives
Treats for pets are costing owners considerably more than the price of foods for human consumption, a new comparison has shown, sometimes as much as seven times the amount. It has been found...
BB Handed DOJ 1.2m Pages In Price Fixing Investigation
A new court order states Bumble Bee gave US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials 1.2 million pages of documents within a criminal probe into price fixing on the canned tuna market. This was...
Lischewski Off The Hook In Price Fixing Civil Case
Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, will not be added as a defendant in the civil litigation of the US canned tuna price fixing case, a US judge has ruled. In an order from the court seen by...
Alliance Select Execs Face Criminal ‘Estafa’ Charges
The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended prosecutors file an ‘estafa’ case against the tuna firm Alliance Select’s Board of Directors, related to the company’s treatment of...
WCPFC Compliance Scheme A ‘Burden’ For Small Island Nations
A Compliance Monitoring Scheme (CMS) under the WCPFC has been argued as placing “disproportionate burden” on small island nations. The scheme, which includes all WCPFC members, ranging from...
Mercury-Testing Brand Expands, Launches Seasoned Tuna Pouches
The US brand, Safe Catch, which claims to test every fish for mercury levels, has launched new products including seasoned tuna pouches and ahi canned tuna. The expansion of its...
PNG Opens Tuna Testing Centre To Boost Successful EU Exports
A national food testing and monitoring center has been opened at the University of Technology in Morobe, Papua New Guinea. Tuna companies in the country will now have the opportunity to have...