The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted a number of Alliance Select executives for violation of the Corporate Code of the Philippines, after foreign shareholders filed a...
Tuna Processing News
UK Brand Shakes Up The Shelves With Creative Design
UK tuna brand Reel Fish has revamped its canned tuna packaging with a completely new design. The bold color scheme and illustrations are likely to shake up the canned tuna shelf, which can...
Lengthy Customs Cause Peru Processors To Lag Behind
In Peru it can take up to 30 days for customs procedures and to confirm the origin of tuna before it can be processed and this is what causes the industry to fall behind other processing...
Tuna Least Problematic In Canada Mislabeling Study
One in four seafood products have been found to be mislabeled in the Canadian market following a study of nearly 300 samples across restaurants and grocery stores. Tuna however, was one of the...
Brexit Predicted To Hit PNG UK Exports
Papua New Guinea’s canned tuna exports could take a hit following Brexit, according to researcher and lecturer, Michael Kabuni. Although tariffs will remain unchanged until 2021, there are...
SolTuna Staff Get Sensory Training On Tuna Quality
Workers at the Tri Marine owned SolTuna cannery in the Solomon Islands are getting sensory analysis training, to help them identify whether tuna meets safety and quality standards for major...
Mixed Views On Impact Of Price Fixing Saga
Bumble Bee Foods is unlikely to suffer from the price fixing scandal, according to just over half of those who voted in the recent poll. However, many industry professionals believe the...
Grupomar: Industry Must Innovate In Evolving Market
The domestic market in Mexico has been evolving due to changes in population and lifestyle, and the industry must keep innovating to achieve growth in sales, according to Grupomar’s CEO,...
Tuna Veteran Bill Perez Passes Away
The former plant manager at Samoa Packing (Chicken of the Sea) and StarKist Samoa, William Bill Perez has passed away in his home in Hawaii at age 76. Perez was well-known in the international...
TU’s Seychelles Plant Calls Crisis On Yellowfin Supply
The current extent of yellowfin tuna supply is worrisome for the Thai Union owned Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery, which goes as far to say that 300 jobs are on the line as it is processing...
TU Reverses On Sustainable Tuna Goal
The latest annual sustainability report from tuna processor Thai Union, in which it gives full transparency on its seafood sourcing, suggests little change has been made towards increased...
Merger Rumors Continue: Frabelle & Majestic Must Seek Approval
The PNG Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has stated any potential merger between Majestic Seafood and Frabelle could be possible, but only after the tuna firms gain...
Lischewski’s First Court Appearance Set For Next Month
The Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, is set to make his first court appearance next month following the indictment charges he faced as part of the canned tuna price fixing case. Amid the...
Rick Heroux Leaves CMC To Join Nirsa
The Chief Operating Officer at Thailand’s Chotiwat Manufacturing Co. (CMC), Richard Heroux, is set to leave the major canner and join Ecuadorian tuna fishing and processing firm Nirsa. In...
Tri Marine: Lease To StarKist Best Option For American Samoa
The CEO of Tri Marine, Joe Hamby, has said leasing the firm’s Samoa Tuna Processors (STP) plant to StarKist Samoa is the best use of the facility. Despite efforts to reopen the cannery, the...
WATCH: Vloggers Take On The Tower Of Tuna Challenge
A Canadian couple bravely took on the ‘Tower of Tuna’ challenge and attempted to eat 400 grams of tuna sashimi. The video bloggers compete against each other to see who can eat their tower the...
5 People Report Histamine Poisoning From Supermarket Sashimi
Following the recall of tuna sashimi references from the retail chain Cactus, based in Luxembourg, it has been reported the tuna products caused five people to fall sick from the high levels...
Lischewski Indictment: Rare Example Of White-Collar Prosecution
The indictment of Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, has been described as a rare case, with the CEO being one of the few individuals to be “brought to book” for alleged corporate wrongdoing....
Will Bumble Bee Suffer From The Price Fixing Scandal?
As investigations continue on the canned tuna price fixing scandal involving the US big three brands, we want to know what you think this will mean for Bumble Bee - the first brand to plead...
Tri Marine Samoa Comeback Unlikely As StarKist Takes Over Plant
US brand StarKist has announced it will lease Tri Marine’s tuna cannery in American Samoa. The Samoa Tuna Processing facility (STP) indefinitely closed operations at the end of 2016 and now...
