Three varieties of Kamfen brand noodles  that have been found to have microbial contamination. The brand-owner EKO Australia Pty Ltd has voluntarily issued a consumer-level recall today. The three recalled Kamfen products are: •Kamfen Buckwheat Noodles: 340g in plastic packaging •Kamfen Beijing Noodles – Abalone Chicken Soup Flavour: 160g in plastic packaging •Kamfen Sichuan Noodles – Abalone Chicken Soup Flavour: 160g in plastic packaging Date markings: •Kamfen Buckwheat Noodles:... ...Read more »

Bellarine Peninsula abalone farm Great Southern Waters’ success in exporting its Jade Tiger Abalone to Asian markets has been recognised with the company announced as 2009 Emerging Exporter of the year at the recent Governor of Victoria Export Awards. Developed by Great Southern Waters in conjunction with the CSIRO, Jade Tiger Abalone has been tailor bred to appeal to Asian palettes, and is now grown, harvested and exported live to customers in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China. “Great... ...Read more »

Leung Wang Kong was fined more than $65,000 yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges of dealing in Greenlip Abalone.Two other men and a company have also received heavy fines for their involvement in illegal abalone and fish sales, after black market activity was uncovered by WA Department of Fisheries covert surveillance last year. The court heard that Mr Leung had purchased more than 60 kilograms of abalone in three separate clandestine transactions. The abalone were not taken by the holder... ...Read more »

Two men stopped by Police for a random breath test on the NSW South Coast, have allegedly been found to have hundreds of illegally fished abalone in their vehicle.”NSW Police pulled over the car for a routine check at Quaama, near Cobargo, on June 18,” NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries Compliance Manager, Glenn Tritton, advised yesterday. “Upon searching the vehicle, police allegedly located a quantity of diving gear, along with two backpacks found to contain... ...Read more »

The Directors of the Australian Bight Abalone Group (ABA) today placed the company into voluntary administration. McGrath Nicol will be responsible for the administration. ABA said the issues surrounding the industry, including the failure of two of the largest companies in the sector, deteriorating general business conditions, the last minute withdrawal of financiers from the grower loan funding market and the subsequent reduction in investment, had been the decisive factors in taking the decision... ...Read more »

Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) has been confirmed in tissue taken from abalone in a live holding tank at a southern Tasmanian processing facility.Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Rod Andrewartha said the positive result was returned yesterday afternoon by the Australian Animal Health Laboratory at Geelong, which had done advanced testing for evidence of exposure to the virus. Dr Andrewartha said that, as yet, there is no evidence of the disease in wild stocks. “There has been high awareness... ...Read more »

A Narooma man has been fined $900 and sentenced to four months in prison, one of the longest gaol terms handed down for abalone theft to date, as the NSW Government continues to crackdown on illegal fishing. The NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald, said the man had a significant history of abalone offences and was caught by Department of Primary Industries fisheries officers in two targeted surveillance operations. The man was charged with four offences under the Fisheries Management... ...Read more »

Governments are beginning to clamp down on illegal fishing in Australian waters to help ensure the sustainability of the seafood industry. A surveillance operation on a suspected abalone poaching syndicate has resulted in the apprehension of five men, Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald said today. Minister Macdonald said the group were stopped by DPI fisheries officers at Bittangbee Bay, 30 kilometres south of Eden on the State’s far South Coast. “This is the second... ...Read more »