Researchers at Mississippi State University State Chemical Lab have developed new method for testing Gulf of Mexico seafood for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the main oil contaminants that affect seafood.
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Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), chair of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is leading the congressional investigation into the BP oil spill, sent
Maybe now if the Gulf seafood industry could just see over the horizon, it would be comforted just by knowing what’s really ahead. Instead, in the 79 days since
One domestic and one foreign seafood processor are coming in for special attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
San Diego-based Mamma Lina’s Inc. and Taiwan’
The chemical being used in the Gulf of Mexico to help disperse the onslaught of oil is no more toxic than oil itself, according to a preliminary government study.
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“Sometimes life’s not fair,” said Vice President Joe Biden, as he addressed a small crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana yesterday. “Y’all have been hit with Katrina, Gustav and
Oyster restoration projects, such as the effort to bring back the native Olympia oyster to some of the inland waters of Southern California, might someday replace Gulf oysters that go
Americans have an appetite for imported seafood. The U.S. consumed 2.395 billion pounds of foreign seafood last year. That was about 85 percent of the market.
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As early as last October, Food Safety News reported on cooperative efforts by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on
On the tail of new estimates that oil is gushing in the Gulf of Mexico at a much faster rate than previously thought, the federal government expanded the area closed
The International Food Protection Training Institute recently announced that it has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) and the U.