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AFFI Upset over Mexican Truck-Tariff Impasse
U.S. frozen potato exports to Mexico have plummeted 51% since the U.S. government stopped letting Mexican trucks across the border a year ago, and the White House and Congress should do something about it, Kraig R. Naasz, president and ceo of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), said March...

Pierre Foods Expanding in North Carolina
Pierre Foods Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, a national producer of fully cooked meats and frozen sandwiches, will expand in Claremont, Catawba County, North Carolina. The company plans to create 500 jobs and invest $16.8 million during the next three years in Claremont and retain more than 700 exist...

Shock for Chilean Salmon
Already beset by disease, the Chilean salmon farming industry has suffered another blow from the earthquake that hit the country Feb. 27. "The quake was in the central part of the country," said Dave Fisher of Meat Processors, Inc., an importer in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. "The salmon produc...

French Chefs Zapping Frozens?
Julia Child went to Paris decades ago to study up on French cuisine. But if she went today, they might teach her to do nothing more challenging than popping a frozen dinner into the microwave. At least, that's what France's Canal+ TV charges in a new documentary. Industrially produced ready-m...

Showdown at U.N. over Bluefin Tuna?
In a last-ditch effort to save bluefin tuna, the European Commission is trying to get the trade in the endangered species banned under a U.N. treaty rather that through the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). The EC hopes to present a proposal listing adding...

U.S. Shrimp Imports Shrink
Tonnage and dollar value of shrimp imports to the United States fell in 2009, according to the latest numbers from the federal government. In 2009, the United States brought in 552.2 million kilograms of shrimp, 2.5% less than the 566.5 million kilos imported in 2008. Value of the 2009 shipment...

GCCA, ECLSA, Combine Forces
The European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) and The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), meeting in Amsterdam for an international cold chain conference, have signed an agreement to form one organization to represent and serve the temperature controlled warehousing and logistics in...

Sustainable Farmed Shrimp Standards for Contessa
Compass Group USA, Foodbuy LLC and Contessa Premium Foods are collaborating on the first successful implementation by a major foodservice company of sustainable purchasing standards for imported farm-raised shrimp. The standards - including independent, third-party audits - have been ...

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