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Contaminants & Drug Residues: Safe seafood consumption for pregnant women and young children

1 September 2015 | By Edward Groth III, Groth Consulting Services

Providing fish consumption advice for pregnant women and young children requires weighing risk-benefit trade-offs. Seafood (I will use the words ‘fish’ and ’seafood’ interchangeably here to include both finfish and shellfish) provides important nutrients, such as the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3s) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which…

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Toxins: Old and new challenges in seafood safety

23 June 2014 | By Gian Paolo Rossini, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Fishery and aquaculture have been increasing in already exploited parts of the sea, as well as new areas, following the strong demand of food on global and regional scales. The possible contamination of fishery products due to toxins of microalgal origin is a matter of concern for fishery and aquaculture…

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EHEDG: Gaskets and seals for food equipment

23 June 2014 | By Ferdinand Schwabe, Hygienic Design Consultant

You rarely find people talking enthusiastically about seals and gaskets – usually they are only the subject of interest if there is an obvious failure in an application, such as slippery oil puddles on a floor or hot steam spray from a leaking heat exchanger. However, it is the silent…

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Over and above quotas

6 November 2012 | By Mike Mitchell, Director of Quality and Corporate Responsibility, Young’s Seafood

The subject of sustainable seafood seems to be continually in the news. In this short article, we look at how today’s seafood brands and processors are rising to the challenge, we discuss why good marine stewardship is important and explore why future growth of the seafood market depends on factors…

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Plastic packaging for fish and seafood

6 November 2012 | By Kata Galić, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb

In the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in the amount of plastics being used in food packaging applications. This is because plastics bring in enormous advantages, such as thermosealability, flexibility in thermal and mechanical properties, permit integrated processes (i.e. plastic packages can be formed, filled and…

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The wider uses of traceability information

4 July 2012 | By Kathryn A-M Donnelly, Nofima – Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research

Although traceability is often associated with food safety, increasingly the tools provided by a traceability system are being used for much more than food safety. The research carried out into traceability, initially spurred on by concerns over food safety, has expanded to include a wide range of different aspects of…

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Seals and seal design for use in the food and beverage industry

4 January 2012 | By Dr. Till Riehm, EHEDG Subgroup Seals

Plant operation managers are ultimately responsible for the quality of the products they manufacture. Every food item, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic product must be shipped in perfect condition and safe for humans and animals. Neither toxic substances nor microorganisms should be present at levels that could affect the product quality or…

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A new EU fisheries policy: Aligning market forces for conservation

7 July 2011 | By Mogens Schou, Advisor to the Danish Minister for Food

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is up for revision. On approaching the CFP’s 30th birthday, the EU imports an increasing 60 per cent of the fish consumed, excess quantities of our marine food potential is wasted, many fishing communities are economically underperforming and years of successive tightening of fisheries regulations…