Posts Tagged ‘salmon’
Nearly 600 retailers join anti-GMO campaign
On the heels of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s preliminary approval of genetically modified salmon, nearly 600 retailers say they will take part in a new anti-GMO campaign.
The inaugural “National Non-GMO Month,” sponsored by the Non-GMO Project of Upland, Calif., will be held in October, which happens to coincide with National Seafood Month. Meanwhile, Alaska Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) this week called GM salmon “Frankenfish” and the FDA’s potential approval of AquaBounty Technologies’ GM salmon “risky and a threat to the survival of wild species.’
Around 580 natural and independent food stores, including Whole Foods Market, will draw consumers’ attention to the non-GMO products that they carry, as well as educate them about the GMO issue. According to the Non-GMO Project, studies show a correlation between the consumption of GMOs and health risks.
Marine Harvest reports sustainability progress
he infectious salmon anemia (ISA) outbreak that has crippled Chile’s salmon-farming industry since mid-2007 is “stabilizing,” Marine Harvest said in its 2009 sustainability report, released on Friday.
The world’s largest farmed salmon producer attributed the effort to get ISA under control to a reduction in stocking density, implementation of strict sanitary measures and procedures, coordinated zone production and fallowing, improved husbandry and management, heightened surveillance and vaccination.
Salmon still most popular in France
almon remains the most popular fish for French consumers, with smoked salmon swimming ahead of fresh and frozen product.
While 46 percent of French households buy fresh salmon and 25 percent buy frozen salmon, an impressive 72 percent will pluck smoked salmon from store shelves, according to recent figures from market trackers Kantar Worldpanel.
“Salmon is the No. 1 fish eaten by the French, ahead of cod [No. 2] and coley [No. 3],” said the firm.
In 2008, the European Union imported 600,000 metric tons of salmon valued at EUR 2.2 billion, with 75 percent hailing from Norway. The French consumed about 165,000 metric tons of salmon. Last year, shoppers paid on average EUR 22.41 per kilogram for smoked salmon, EUR 11.60 for fresh salmon and EUR 13.80 for frozen.