As companies and consumers across the US joining a class-action lawsuit against the Big-3 tuna brands continue to pile up, the result of their suit may not be realized for several years....
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Tuna Labelling Trends: An Information Overkill?
The can of skipjack tuna sitting on the desk in front of me is caught by the pole and line method, simple and understandable both for me and the other consumers reaching for it on the shelves....
Global Innovation Incubator Focused On Tuna Products
Thai Union has set up a Global Innovation Incubator (Gii) in a Bangkok university, focusing on using research and new technologies to create added value tuna products. Gii is the result of a...
Thai Union Promotes Migrant Workers Rights
Thai Union, a company which has recently been under a lot of pressure on social conditions of crew and workers, has now begun a “long-term labor empowerment program”. This aims to ensure all...
Chinese Buy Iconic Spanish Premium Tuna Brand
A state-owned Asian investment group called China Resources has acquired 100 percent of Hijos de Carlos Albo, an iconic Spanish canned tuna brand in a deal worth a reported EUR 48 million (USD...
Cans Now Also Shrinking In EU, Race To The Bottom?
As part of a previously termed “shrinkflation” trend, a few branded cans across the EU tuna market have been detected as becoming considerably shorter, as the United States tendency appears to...
Thai Union Globally Under Pressure
The recently launched campaign to urge consumers and investors around the world to avoid canned tuna from Thai Union has attracted support from various corners, placing mounting and now...
TU Gets Dongwon & Tri Marine Higher Wage Costs
While the rise is 10 dollar cents less than what was originally expected, tuna cannery workers in American Samoa have finally got their hourly wage hike, which has been blocked by Congress for...
Canned In The USA – But Product Of China?
The US is still the world’s largest single country market for canned tuna, but struggling to keep consumers loyal to the product. One way to promote tuna is to emphasize it is “made in the...
Jealsa Loses Out In South America
While South America has been getting a lot of attention as a canned tuna market with huge potential at this year’s Anuga, for Jealsa Rianxeira, countries in the region have presented...
Ardagh Signs 10 Year Contract With Korean Tuna Canner
Korean Tuna Canner, Sajo, has signed a new contract with container manufacturer Ardagh Group to be supplied with easy-open lids, making them the first Korean tuna company to use such...
Tuna Crisis Deepens For Venezuelan Industry
The lack of tuna raw material continues hitting the tuna industry of Venezuela hard, with domestic production reaching significantly low levels. Two tuna processing plants have shut down this...
UK Celebrities Call For Boycott Of John West
British celebrities are calling for consumers to boycott John West’s canned tuna after it was rated in bottom place for sustainability during a recent Greenpeace rating of UK tuna brands....
Spain Keeps Increasing Its Reliance On Pre-Cooked Loins
The first half of 2015 has seen Spain dramatically increase its imports of pre-cooked loins by nearly a third year on year, bringing volumes up to 45,887 M/T for the January to June period....
Selling Yellowfin Causes Low French Tuna Sustainability Rankings
Similar to other sustainability rankings released recently, Greenpeace France has now revealed where the biggest French canned tuna brands land in terms of sustainability rankings, and for the...
How Lawyers Intend To Prove Price-Fixing By Big Three
Mounting lawsuits against the US big three tuna brands have been gaining momentum in recent weeks and speculation that a whistleblower is involved is growing, with sources suggesting that...
JW: “Extremely Difficult” To Source Sustainable Tuna
The UK’s market leader in canned tuna has stated that it has been unable to find enough tuna caught by sustainable methods, and cites this as part the reason behind their poor rating in...
“Tuna Pockets” Hit The Market
New Zealand-based company Sealord has recently launched prepackaged tuna mixed with healthy ingredients which the company is calling “Tuna Pockets”. The four flavors – Lemon, Sesame and...
Calvo Will Invest USD 7 Million In Cannery
One of leading global companies in the tuna industry, Grupo Calvo, is planning to invest between five and seven million dollars to expand its tuna plant in La Unión, El Salvador, in the next...
Thai Union Gets Serious On Labor And Business Ethics
The world’s largest canned tuna producing company, Thai Union, has introduced a new code of conduct aiming to achieve higher levels of accountability and transparency throughout its supply...