World Health Energy Holdings, Inc, a public holding company developing joint venture partnerships for algae production for biodiesel and commercial aquafeed, announced the signing of Letter of Intent with Prime Inc., an India Industrial and transport company, to develop a biodiesel production facility ramping up to 250 acres with a budget of up to $100 million .

The Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue has released the final draft of global standards for certifying farmed shrimp. This version of the standards is being used to create an Audit Manual and will be subject to voluntary field testing on selected farms

A year after the introduction of the European Feed Ingredient Safety Certification (EFISC), the feed industry can look back on a very successful first twelve months of EFISC implementation

Aller Aqua Group, Christiansfeld, Denmark, has once again taken a big step in expanding its business – this time outside the European continent

Aussie fish is included in Top 12 Food & Nutrition Trends for 2012 forecast

FEFANA launches its electronic Classification Tool aiming at differentiating feed additives from feed materials

The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation has launched its new Improvers’ Programme for fishmeal and fish oil producers. Factories which would not otherwise achieve the full IFFO Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) can progress gradually against a series of auditable milestones on responsible sourcing and food safety

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of Public Master Files (PMFs) containing safety and effectiveness information to support a new animal drug application (NADA) for use of chloramine-T for the control of columnaris disease and bacterial gill disease in certain freshwater finfish

Fillets from cod taken in Norwegian harbours and fjords contain low levels of mercury, according to a new report

Norwegian fish contain less inorganic arsenic than the EU thought

GAA response to Pew Environmental Group-funded study on seafood ecolabels

Japfa to convert Surabaya aquafeed mill to poultry feed as part of $99 million investment

The close cooperation between FAMI-QS Asbl and HSL Certification Service aims to promote better support for domestic feed and feed additive operators as well as to boost quality and safety management in the Chinese feed industry

A report released by the University of Victoria ranks eco-labels intended to distinguish seafood produced with less damage to the environment. It is the first study to evaluate how eco-labels for farmed marine fish compare to unlabeled options in the marketplace

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Economies Tim Mulherin this week opened the new AU$5.2 million Aquaculture Nutrition Research Facility and refurbishment of existing facilities at the Bribie Island Research Centre

Family owned Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods this week announced the acquisition of CP Pokphand Co (CPP) in Hong Kong as part of its strategy to move from the top seven to one of the world’s top three animal-feed producers with production of aquafeed and poultry feed set to reach 20 million tonnes a year

Dhanin Chearavanont turned Thailand's CP Group into a global food powerhouse that's raising rural incomes. Now he's building China's biggest megafarms. To get rich is glorious. So is helping poor farmers. One man who has done both is chairman of Charoen Pokphand, Dhanin Chearavanont

The Government of Canada is partnering with three industry organizations to put in place the building blocks for a fish and seafood traceability system that will enhance the sector’s competitiveness at home and abroad

People who eat baked or broiled fish on a weekly basis may be improving their brain health and reducing their risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

This Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation television program makes a series of allegations implying that poor hygiene and practice right across the fish oil industry in Peru is reason for fish oil capsules tested in Norway being ‘more or less all rancid’. IFFO regards the program as unbalanced to the point of irresponsibility, failing to take into account the regulations that govern production and processing both in Peru and in Europe and not supporting broad allegations with hard evidence