All Fish articles – Page 75
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Multiples’ thumbs up to salmon
Kit DaviesThe major multiples this week brushed aside the media storm about farmed salmon that started in the national papers and was picked up by TV’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald.Numerous newspaper and internet articles reported a...
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Multiples leap to salmon’s defence
The major multiples have brushed aside scare stories about farmed salmon published in the Daily Mail and other newspapers.And they expressed their confidence in renewed Food Standards Agency advice to eat one portion of oily fish a week, as...
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Make room for a hero
A major £0.25m investment in a new packaging store by Inverness-based seafood processor Strathaird Salmon is now operational, providing extra capacity as Christmas nears.The 410 sq m store has created additional space, allowing Strathaird to...
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MSC no2 for Asda
Asda is set to introduce its second seafood product certified to the Marine Stewardship Council's environmental standard. The new Asda own brand Alaskan salmon product, prepared in a lime and coriander marinade, is due to hit shelves on...
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What a scorcher!
It's not just beef sales that can be boosted through the great British barbie. Chicken, fish and veggie burgers are also hot, says Lucy Bray. The burger has had a tough year thanks to the BSE scare. With the barbecue season approaching, however, a...
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Booths pulls spoiled mackerel
Booths was caught up in a food scare earlier this month after four people in Lancashire fell ill after eating smoked mackerel bought at the northern supermarket chain. The Food Standards Agency warned consumers not to eat the fish and Booths...
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Watchful eye on salmon labels
The Salmon Farm Protest Group has claimed its six-month Supermarket Watch Campaign, which started in April, was an "outstanding success". More than 100 incidents of the mislabelling of farmed salmon lines were reported.Volunteers...
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Somerfield ramps up fish range
Somerfield has boosted its fish range with 14 new lines after a major review. The new lines include a Scottish range, tailored to the specific needs of this market and following in the steps of the chain’s West Country fish range. A new...
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Consumer Insight
Who eats haddock and whenn Last year 98.5 million servings of haddock were consumed showing a 17% decline since 1999n Haddock accounts for 3% of total fish...
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Fish get into the squash
Britvic is investing £1.4m in a promotion for its Robinsons squash brand based around the release of Disney/Pixar’s new animated film Finding Nemo.Consumers will get the chance to exchange four bottle caps and £5.99 for a lunch bag featuring...
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Young’s trials fleet data system
New technology on trial in Scotland is holding out the promise of groundbreaking quality control and environmental benefits for the fish industry. A software and satellite reporting system is being installed on vessels supplying Young’s...
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Subtlety in Schwartz
McCormick Foods has relaunched its Schwartz Sauces for Fish range. The new-look streamlined portfolio includes eight sauces – six in doy packs and two dry packet mixes.The company said the revamped line-up was aimed at 25 to 45-year-old...
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Farmed salmon ‘safe’
Salmon farmed in Scotland and Northern Ireland and tested for radioactivity has been cleared as safe to eat by the Food Standards Agency. The FSA tests checked whether technetium-99 and other radionuclides from Sellafield reprocessing plant...
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GDP per head E5,540
Exports within EU (as % of total exports): 64.6% Main exports: Timber and wood products and fish products Threat/Opportunity: Latvia exports only 5% of its agricultural produce, including wood and fish. It exported 1,139 tonnes of fish to...
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Forman prepacks lift salmon
Kit Davies High class smoked salmon supplier H Forman & Son is wooing the multiples with a range of prepacked cured salmon products. Forman is also taking over the running of the London Selfridges smoked fish counter in around two weeks'...
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an alarming worldwide decline in stocks of wild salmon
The report criticises the Scottish Executive and Westminster for not tackling this problem over the past decade. The decline of wild salmon is being increasingly linked with sea lice infestations from farmed salmon sites and the mixing of...
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Label failures spotted
Safeway has admitted to campaigners against Scottish farmed salmon that it failed to label product properly. As of March 28, UK supermarkets are required by EU law to clearly identify whether or not the salmon products they sell are wild' or ...