Seafood processing businesses are being invited to attend a seminar on consumer labelling and traceability regulations to help the sector get smarter about recent changes to the EU's food information legislation.

IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, launched its Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) back in 2009 and it has now become the most recognised standard for the responsible supply of fishmeal and fish oil with around 40 per cent of world production certified.

The Russian government has approved a national plan to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The fishing company Loki Fish based in Seattle, US, has tested radiation levels in its fish, as customers were concerned about the safety of eating fish from the Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, reports The Seattle Times.

Taiwanese fishery authorities were surprised at Russia's order to prohibit imports of Pacific saury from Taiwan, which took effect on Dec. 15.

Kien Giang, A project that will give blue swimming crabs cultivated in Vietnam an international accreditation is proceeding apace and well positioned to meet its objectives.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has partnered with two other organisations to support a $1.4m genomics research project to eliminate listeria from the food supply.

A judge in a federal court in California has ordered the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to publish all outstanding proposed regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by November 30 this year.

A new system for labelling fish products, agreed by the European Union, will give consumers information about the way their fish is caught and sets a precedent for clearer labelling of other animal products.

(SeafoodSource) A new system of front-of-pack food labeling is to be rolled out in the U.K. during the next 18 months. It will combine color-coding and nutritional information to show how much fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar, and how many calories, are in each product.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Science and Research (CSR) Strategic Plan. The CSR Strategic Plan provides a blueprint for FDA research that supports the agency’s effort to address food, dietary supplement, and cosmetic safety concerns and to implement new Food Safety Modernization Act mandated regulatory responsibilities.

Seafood Watch, a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that promotes consumer awareness in the seafood industry, announced today that it will now recommend seafood carrying the mark of other well-known sustainability programs.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam was listed in the top three exporters who has the most fish and fishery seafood consigments returned the most by EU, the U.S., Japan and Australia. It was also considered as the country having the highest rate of returned shipments in term of value for exports to the EU, the U.S. and Japan.

(vasep.com.vn) National Food Safety and Quality Service of Argentina (SENASA) has approved the list of 203 seafood processing plants in Vietnam which are licensed to export to Argentina.

German sales of frozen meat ready-meals have declined significantly after the recent horsemeat scandal, with consumers dodging to fish.