In the wake of a letter from a House committee, USDA has begun a criminal probe into alleged falsification of records related to the health status of the BSE-positive cow in Washington State.

Aquaculture must continue to expand to meet global needs for aquatic protein but it must be environmentally sustainability if it is to be profitable, Dr. Geoff Allan, the outgoing president of the World Aquaculture Society, told delegates at Aquaculture 2004.

Celebrity TV chef, Graham Kerr - known for decades as the Galloping Gourmet - has expressed his support for farmed salmon in a note on the Salmon of the Americas website

A new industry group, the Consejo Mexicano del Camarón (Mexican Shrimp Council), has been set up to market Mexican shrimp as superior in texture and flavor to those from all other origins.

The coming Australian food revolution is all about one-stop, guilt-free indulgence, say the researchers who are already hard at work designing it.

The work of the U.K. Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination (DARC) Group has been published on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) web site.

A new report that claims a scientific link between fish farms and sea lice infecting wild Canadian salmon is just more misinformation masquerading as science, says Positive Aquaculture Awareness (PAA).

Class action proceedings against several companies for compensation resulting from alleged price fixing of vitamin products used in the animal nutrition market in Australia have been commenced.

World's largest state-of-the-art and fully automatic indoor production facility for Spirulina platensis to be erected along the coast of South Africa.

Cargill Animal Nutrition today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement for the assets of Burris Mill & Feed, Inc. in Franklinton, La., U.S.

Warren Key of Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)reviews the recent dioxin in farmed salmon issue

The American Feed Industry Association wants feeds included in a new FDA rule describing what kind of qualified claims may be made about the healthful qualities of foods and dietary supplements

FEFAC calls for urgent action to lower production costs

China has issued a final safety certificate for the importation of soybeans and soybean products derived from biotech-enhanced Roundup Ready® Soybean seedstock

The gross value of Australian fisheries production fell in 2002-03 while the value of aquaculture rose by 1.5 per cent

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to proceed with claim against shrimp dumping from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand, and Vietnam

Maryland Industrial Partnerships has awarded ABN $184,000 to support a study on the use of probiotics to replace antibiotics for disease prevention in salmon

No new food safety issues in study

Far more people can be fed with fish per unit of feed than from meat, says Greenpeace's co-founder, Patrick Moore

International Review Panel’s BSE Report: actions ignore U.S. protection system; draws inappropriate conclusions, says U.S. feed association