The city of Xiamen in China wants to build a trading center for commercial fishery products such as tuna to expand in the regional and national markets. Xiamen is a port city located on...
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Italian And Spanish Canners Bought A Lot More Pre-Cooked Loins
Tuna producing nations Spain and Italy's buying of frozen pre-cooked loins increased during the first nine months of this year. Other tuna canning countries such as Portugal and France also...
Plant-based Tuna Alternative Expands In EU
US-based Gathered Foods has enlarged its footprint in the European market with its Good Catch brand for vegan seafood. After launching its products in over 300 Tesco stores across the UK in...
Worms Found In Tuna Can Sabotage Against Colombian Food Program
One mother in Colombia claimed that a canned tuna product that her son got through a school food aid program contained worms. The School Feeding Program (PAE) is considering that the event...
Chinese Aggressively Expanding Their EU Loins Biz In Q3
The unsatisfied EU processors' hunger for low priced frozen pre-cooked loins has increased this year and Chinese suppliers are leading the pack of exporters trying to fill this need,...
SKJ1.8:BKK Price Experiences Modest Pick Up
After weeks of sluggish movement in the skipjack market in the global tuna hub of Bangkok, there has been some weak signs of revival but the relative conservative mood in the market has not...
Worsening Manta Supply Keeps Skipjack Price At High Level
Little raw material reaching the Manta port has kept the price for whole round frozen skipjack stable at a considerably high level for this time of the year. The EPO fleets are still feeling...
Two French Premium Tuna Processors Merge
French fresh tuna processors Comptoirs Océanique and Cap Cavally are merging their businesses as of January 1, 2021. They have already had a longstanding cooperation in the seafood sector...
Europeans Pay Less For Tuna Than Salmon
Tuna is the favorite fish of the Europeans and they have a huge appetite for it, especially in canned form. It is not only the taste and health benefits of this food that has played a role in...
Atuna Readers Undecided On Chances For US-Ecaudor Deal
The chances for Ecuador’s negotiations with the US to export canned tuna and pouches duty-free to the North American market have been estimated to be equally positive and negative by our...
Spanish Canner Takes Carrefour’s Innovation 2020 Award Home
Grupo Consorcio’s recently launched ‘Eco’ line of MSC tuna in recyclable packaging has been well received by the consumers shopping at Carrefour. The Spanish canner’s new product range won the...
Philippines Winner In Buoyant German Market
Canned tuna shipments into Germany expanded in the first nine months of the year (Q3 2020) with almost all suppliers from outside the EU boosting their deliveries. Faced with the explosive...
Maldives Urges UK Govt To Consider Tuna Duty Concessions
This week in a meeting with the High Commissioner of the UK to the Maldives, Vice President Faisal Naseem urged the UK government to consider the island nation’s request for tariff concessions...
Tuna Is Still King Of Fish For Europeans
There is no doubt that Europeans love canned tuna and it remains their favorite compared to other fish and seafood products, according to official figures from the EU. The European Observatory...
Sharp Dip In EU Tuna Buying During 3rd Quarter 2020
After a very strong second quarter, the market for imported canned tuna in the EU has eased and corrected to last year’s level. This was mainly caused by a sharply reduced demand from Spain...
PNG Expands Foothold In Q3 In Stable EU Market
Canned tuna imports into the EU remained nearly stable during the first three quarters of this year (Q3 2020). PNG suppliers however managed to expand their foothold in the European market,...
Canners Win, EU’s Annual Loins Quota Increased
The EU has reached a decision on the controversial autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) for frozen pre-cooked loins volume for the period 2021-2023. Although it represents an increase in the current...
Tuna & Seafood Mislabeling In Hawaii Hinder Consumer Sustainability
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules lack specificity when it comes to tuna and seafood labeling, which might leave consumers without sufficient information on what they are eating,...
‘Tuna Per Tutti’ Via The Food Bank
Since February, Italian tuna brand, Rio Mare, has donated 860,000 cans of 80 g tuna in olive oil to the food bank in Lombardy, Italy. The people in this region have been hit the hardest by the...
Ayam Brand Introduces Ready-To-Eat Frozen Pasta Tuna Lunch
Ayam Brand Malaysia known for its canned tuna in Southeast Asia has introduced a new ready-to-eat frozen pasta tuna lunch – Green Curry Tuna with Organic Spaghetti. Consumers can enjoy...