The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the imports of salmon produced in Chile by Norwegian multinational firm Marine Harvest after a carcinogenic chemical known as crystal violet was detected in a shipment. Crystal violet ...
Tags: Salmon, carcinogenic chemical
Delifish is voluntarily recalling cold smoked salmon products due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The products subject to recall, from lots 249 through 291, were ...
Tags: Delifish, recall, cold smoked salmon products, food safety
In the final week before the Christmas and New Year break, just-food published its review of the year, which included lists of our most-read content and featured an in-depth look at the M&A, retail trends, sustainability initiatives and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
Norwegian seafood group Marine Harvest is to make a bid to buy 100% of salmon processor Morpol. Marine Harvest today (17 December) announced it had struck a deal to acquire 48.5% of Morpol for NOK937.6m (US$167m) and said it would launch ...
Tags: Marine Harvest, Salmon Firm Morpol, Norwegian seafood group, Food
US-based Marine Harvest, the seafood company and producer of farmed salmon, has introduced MAPET II, the new packaging material from manufacturer of plastic trays and containers for the food industry Faerch Plast. Akin to APET/PE, MAPET ...
Tags: Marine Harvest, APET, packaging material, food industry
Norway-based seafood processor Marine Harvest has appointed the CFO from rival Leroy Seafood to become its finance chief. Ivan Vindheim will join Marine Harvest in August. He replaces Jørgen Kristian Andersen, who steps down next ...
Tags: seafood, Leroy Seafood, finance chief, Marine Harvest