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Warning issued about increased levels of toxins in shellfish
Increased toxin levels have been detected in recent weeks during a routine nationwide shellfish monitoring programme along the South West and West coasts of Ireland.
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A schooling on marine biotoxins
The Head of the Food Safety and Quality Unit at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) talks marine biotoxins with New Food's Editor, Bethan Grylls.
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Will women in seafood catch on?
Mecca Ibrahim, co-founder of Women In The Food Industry and member of the New Food advisory board, interviews six established women in the seafood industry, to hear their stories and learn how we can encourage more women to follow suit.
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Innovations in the quest for sustainable seafood
Jackie Bowen talks sustainable fishing and the innovations which could hold the answer to environmentally-friendly seafood.
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Sustainable fishery management key to ensuring food security, says FAO
A recent FAO report has highlighted sustainable aquaculture development and effective fisheries management as crucial to ensuring future food and nutritional security.
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Combining fish and vegetable production can be profitable, research shows
The research has suggested that efficient use of aquaponics - a system that combines conventional aquaculture with hydroponics - can be both economically and environmentally profitable.
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Will women in seafood catch on?
Mecca Ibrahim, co-founder of Women In The Food Industry and member of the New Food advisory board, interviews six established women in the seafood industry, to hear their stories and learn how we can encourage more women to follow suit.
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FAO explores blockchain applications in seafood
In a bid to shed light on the possible uses of blockchain and its applications within seafood supply chains, the FAO has published a study document which analyses and explores the matter.
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Scientists develop ‘greener’ way to extract chitin from prawn shells
Chitin serves a wide variety of uses in the food industry, such as food thickeners and stabilisers, and as anti-microbial food packaging.
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Incorporating oceans into climate policy is essential for food security, say scientists
Alongside renewable energy, sustainable transportation and habitat restoration, the scientists have offered proposals to policymakers which include key points about how oceans can support food security and food systems.
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PerkinElmer Launches 5-in-1 Antibiotic-Detection Assays for Farmed Shrimp as Part of High-Throughput Workflow Solution
New MaxSignalTM HTS Nitrofurans and Chloramphenicol ELISA Kits combined with automation platform brings streamlined sample prep, faster testing and < 0.1ppb result sensitivity.
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Seafood In-Depth Focus – April 2020
Our latest In-Depth Focus on seafood explores marine biotoxins and women in seafood.
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FAO and WHO report rise in foodborne diseases related to Vibrio species
The FAO/WHO assessment revealed that there have been a series of pandemic outbreaks of V. parahaemolyticus foodborne illnesses due to the consumption of seafood and outbreaks have occurred in regions of the world where it was previously unreported.
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Analysis predicts purified fish oil could prevent cardiovascular events
The analysis utilises data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and inclusion criteria from a multinational clinical trial led by investigators from Harvard University called REDUCE-IT.
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‘Sushi parasites’ have increased 283-fold in past 40 years, study finds
Study combines results of past papers investigating how the global abundance of parasitic worms, known as Anisakis, has changed through time.
