Australia has won the right to host an international health conference expected to attract hundreds of researchers and practitioners from round the world.The conference, “Seafood & Health 2010″, will be organised jointly by Australian and United States agencies. Mr Roy Palmer, spokesman for the Australian organising committee, said the conference would review the latest research on the benefits of seafood and recommend how they could be applied to improve the health of hundreds of... ...Read more »
Kalamari crumbed seafood rings will be re-named after the product’s maker, Austrimi Seafoods Pty Ltd, gave court-enforceable undertakings to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.The ACCC was worried that the product’s packaging was misleading because the use of a picture of crumbed seafood rings and the name Kalamari gave the impression that the rings were made predominately of calamari or squid. The ingredients list stated it contained only four per cent squid. The ACCC... ...Read more »
New research released by Seafish, the authority on seafood in the UK, has revealed that sushi is now an established lunchtime favourite. Sales of sushi are up 21% year on year, with the total UK sushi market now worth £38.9 million per annum. The raw fish trade is booming in ‘western’ countries worldwide, with health benefits and an increased consumer desire for something different assisting the trend. The love affair with sushi has been noticeable here in Australia, with a host of... ...Read more »
Seafood retailers have further reason to promote the health benefits their product, with research highlighting a link between higher fish consumption and better physical and cognitive development in infants. “These results, together with findings from other studies of women in the US and the United Kingdom, provide additional evidence that moderate maternal fish intake during pregnancy does not harm child development and may on balance be beneficial,” said Assistant Professor Emily Oken,... ...Read more »
Australis Aquaculture, Ltd. has announced that Safeway, Inc., America’s third largest supermarket retailer and the 10th largest general retailer, will begin offering Australis Barramundi at all 1,740 of its stores this week. Josh Goldman, Australis Managing Director, was excited about showing the quality of Australian seafood to American consumers via the offering of Australis’ fresh and frozen Barramundi in the full‐service seafood section across the Safeway system. “We are proud... ...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 »
Huon Aquaculture Group, a premium Atlantic salmon grower based in Tasmania, marked the re-launch of its brand and subsequent name change on 1 August, as it continues with growth plans. The business has expanded in recent times to incorporate a number of brands, such as Springs, and the company believed the time was right to consolidate the operation behind the one master brand. At the forefront of this change was the launch of all new packaging featuring the Huon brand. The enterprise also expects... ...Read more »
Australian frozen food manufacturer Vesco Foods has announced it will stop producing coated fish products over the course of the next three to four months. The Perth-based business currently provides frozen meal products and frozen coated fish products to many leading national and international brands including supermarkets, retail outlets, restaurants and catering institutions. Vesco Foods Chief Executive Officer, Ian Halliday, said the decision followed an extensive review of the company’s... ...Read more »
Two meals of oily fish a week can do as much or more to reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia as many of the so-called “smart” pills which claim to improve brain function, according to a CHOICE report. The benefits of omega-3 have been highlighted consistently over the past decade with many manufacturers looking to work omega-3 supplements into their food to capitalise on demand for functional foods. This has seen a wave of new products from yoghurt and ice-cream to even... ...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 »