The US canned tuna brand Bumble Bee has recently donated more than USD 900,000 in seafood products to the country’s largest hunger-relief organization, Feeding America. The items, which were...
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TU Using DNA Testing To Trace & Authenticate Tuna
Giant tuna and seafood company, Thai Union (TU), claims to be using DNA testing to prevent food fraud and to provide traceability and reliability to its products. This is what Dr Tunyawat...
How Covid-19 Impacted Europeans’ Buying Behavior For Tuna & Seafood
Europeans still have a great appetite for fish and seafood products with nearly two-thirds of them saying that these items are on their menu several times a month. The global pandemic has only...
Korean University Team To Launch Premium Tuna Fish Sauce
Researchers from Pukyong National University's Fish Soy Sauce Research Institute in Korea have announced plans to launch a new premium tuna fish sauce later this year. "Currently, we are...
Vigo Tuna Conference Ends With Awards For ‘Disruptors’
Yesterday, the tenth World Tuna Conference came to an end in Vigo, Spain. During the event, the Tuna Awards took place and two projects were recognized in the categories Sustainability and...
Frinsa Posts Highest Net Profit In Company’s History
In 2020, the Spanish tuna processor Frinsa del Noroeste recorded its most profitable year in the 60 years since it began operations in the 1960s. The results were powered by higher canned tuna...
Tuna Steaks High On EU List Of Food Fraud
Fish and fish products are the second-largest category of fraud reports in the EU. The list compiled by the EU Agri-Food Fraud Network (FNN) includes 349 non-compliance notifications. The top...
Process To Upgrade MIFCO’s Plant Kickstarted
The state-owned Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) has started the prequalification process to upgrade its current Felivaru Fisheries Complex. The company manages the largest...
Biz Groups Tell Court Price-Fixing Class Certification Can Be Abused By US Tuna Consumers
Three business associations have asked the US appeals court, the Ninth Circuit, to uphold a split panel’s decision to de-certify three classes of canned tuna buyers in a multi-district...
Deal For New Omani Processing Plant Signed
Oman is one step closer to building a new tuna processing plant in Duqm Fishery Port. International Marine Products Company signed a land infrastructure agreement with the Omani Authority for...
More Tuna Substitutes In The Future?
There is an increasing number of plant-based tuna substitute products being sold and there is a good chance that there might be more such alternative food items in the near future, according...
John West UK Goes Bold With Tuna Health Claims
An increasing number of people are becoming health-conscious notably in these unprecedented times and younger people are especially turning to superfoods for their well-being. John West has...
Plant-Based Japanese Next Tuna Launched
A Japanese plant-based company has decided to make a canned tuna substitute. Tokyo-based Next Meats Co., which is well-known for creating plant-based barbecue meats, will be launching Next...
Brazilian State Tuna Sector Growing Exports To US
Rio Grande do Norte, a state in northeastern Brazil, has recently become one of the biggest exporters of tuna and other fish to international destinations such as the US. By the end of...
Princes “Extremely Disappointed” With IATTC’s Politics Over EPO Tuna
UK company Princes is clearly unhappy with IATTC’s latest debacle of not having settled on conservation measures for tropical tuna during the RFMO’s meeting held last month. “We are extremely...
Thai Union Changes Songkla Cannery’s Name
Today, Thai Union informed the Thailand Stock Exchange and its investors about the name change of its subsidiary plant, Songkla Canning. As of September 1, the new name is i-Tail Corporation...
Fire Destroys Nearly 20% Of Frabelle PNG Plant
Yesterday, a fire broke out in Frabelle Group’s tuna processing facility in Lae, Papua New Guinea (PNG), damaging some areas. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., President of Frabelle Group, told...
Readers Think Bolton Did Well Buying Wild Planet
On August 20, when there were rumors that Bolton Group was interested in entering the US market by taking over Wild Planet Foods, Atuna asked its readers whether they believed this would be a...
Language Site Uses Sajo’s Aggressive Tuna Ads For Learning Korean
The Korean language-learning website, TEK, is currently using years old aggressive tuna commercials by Sajo canned tuna to easily teach viewers Korean. Also, ads from other firms are subject...
US Canners Spread Albacore Loins Sourcing, Less Reliant On Thailand
Deliveries of pre-cooked loins to US-based canneries during the first half of the year strongly dropped compared to 2020. In fact, just like in the case of canned and pouched tuna, imports...