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

EWOS celebrates a major milestone this month, reaching 1 million tonnes of production in a year for the first time in its history. A world leader in delivering fish nutrition, EWOS has seen feed sales grow in line with increasing demand for farmed fish around the globe, and is confident of ongoing success.

Cargill has completed the acquisition of Provimi, a global animal nutrition company for an enterprise value of Euro 1.5 billion (US$ 2.0 billion ). By building on the existing strengths of the two companies, Cargill is creating a global leader in animal nutrition with the ability to offer the broadest array of products, services and capabilities

Cargill (Mac) MacMillan, Jr., great grandson of Cargill founder W.W. Cargill and son of Cargill MacMillan, past president of Cargill, passed away on Monday, November 14. He was 84.

Widespread practice creates resistance genes, promoting antibiotic resistance, Tufts University School of Medicine review study shows

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published updated guidance for the risk assessment of food and feed derived from genetically modified (GM) plants. The document expands on previous EFSA guidance and reflects the latest scientific developments in areas such as assessment of allergenicity and selection of the comparator plant against which the GM plant is compared. It also establishes a new statistical methodology to further strengthen the risk assessment of GM plants

The US Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million grant towards improving aquaculture capacity and productivity in Pakistan. Aquafeed availability is a major bottleneck for aquaculture development in the country and this grant will fund a three-year joint project by the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the Fisheries Development Board (FDB) of Pakistan to address this issue

At the final wrap up and closing session of the Aquaculture Europe 2011 event organized by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) in Rhodes, Greece, Dr. Pascal Divanach, Director of the Institute of Aquaculture and member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), was presented with an Honorary Life Membership of EAS