The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by motor or rail vehicles to take steps to prevent the contamination of human and animal food during transportation. Part of the implementation of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005, the proposal marks the seventh and final major rule in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) central framework aimed at systematically building preventive measures across the food system.

In November 2007 Saigon Aquatic Product

Catfish growers in the United States had sales of 342 million dollars during 2013, up 1 percent from 341 million dollars the previous year. The top four States (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas) accounted for 94 percent of the United States total sales.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Aquaculture Department under Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish), in March 2014, whiteleg shrimp was given priority to farm in many provinces thanks to its short farming period and high productivity.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2014, South Ha Tinh Sea Product Import and Export Joint Stock Company (Shatico) purchased 199 MT of raw squid to process 148 MT of finished products. In which, 112 MT of ready-to-eat squid products were exported to Japan and other 36 MT were sold in the domestic market.

After striving for months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment deal, Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan will complete their 5th round of substantive talks by April 4.

Viet Nam's exports to Turkey saw significant annual growth of 34 per cent, rising to US$185 million over the past two months, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(vasep.com.vn) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has recently approved the Planning on the development of Agricultural sector in Mekong Delta by 2020 and vision towards 2030 in the context of climate change.