Record number of Northern Ireland companies in Great Taste AwardsPublished: 09 May, 2008FIFTY Northern Ireland food companies have tabled 250 new products in a bid to strike gold in the prestigious Great Taste Awards, the UK’s leading event for smaller food businesses.
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Loch Fyne Oysters wins excellence awardPublished: 09 May, 2008ARGYLL-BASED Loch Fyne Oysters is celebrating after winning an award at the 2008 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, held in Edinburgh last night.
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"Freshest" fish and chips help Whitby land top awardPublished: 24 April, 2008WHITBY'S fish and chip shops have helped the town land an English 'Tourism Oscar'.
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Seafood Prix d'Elite: Top honours go to German and Danish companiesPublished: 23 April, 2008STUEHRK Delikatessen Import and Royal Greenland were awarded the top prizes in the eighth annual Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at the European Seafood Exposition, the world’s largest and most prestigious seafood event, last night.
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Loch Fyne Oysters founder honoured with awardPublished: 23 April, 2008ANDY Lane, one of the founders of Loch Fyne Oysters, has received the Judges’ Special Award in the 2008 edition of The List’s Eating and Drinking Guide, published today.
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French fishing trawlers receive certificationPublished: 23 April, 2008THE French company Groupement des Mousquetaires has obtained responsible fishing certification for a group of species.
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Danish blue-shell mussel fishery seeks eco-labelPublished: 22 April, 2008THE Danish blue-shell mussel fishery of Limfjord is to be assessed against the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) standard for sustainable fishing. If successful, it will, it was claimed today, be the first source of MSC-labelled mussels to reach the global seafood market.
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Sri Lanka deepwater "short-line" yellowfin tuna fishery certifiedPublished: 21 April, 2008ONE more tuna fishery and several branded tuna products have obtained Friend of the Sea accreditation.
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London event to showcase Scottish oystersPublished: 09 April, 2008SCOTTISH oysters will be on show at a London food festival this month.
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Drop in export value of Norwegian seafoodPublished: 09 April, 2008THE export value of Norwegian seafood dropped by NOK 521 million, to NOK 9.3 billion in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year.
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Orkney Herring secures US dealPublished: 04 April, 2008A LEADING Orkney seafood business has achieved an important exports breakthrough, after securing a deal to supply specially prepared produce for the Kosher market in the United States.
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MSC opens Scottish officePublished: 11 March, 2008INTERNATIONAL seafood ecolabel and sustainability standard, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), has opened an office in Edinburgh.
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Tainted salmon issue "under control"Published: 26 February, 2008MARINE Harvest has confirmed that a situation which saw some batches of salmon affected by an unpleasant odour is now under control.The company say that all salmon from harvesting day February 13 meets the necessary quality standards.
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FSA update salmon incident informationPublished: 21 February, 2008THE Food Standards Agency tonight issued a third update on an incident involving Scottish salmon (excluding organic salmon) due to a potential risk of taint.
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Second update on Scottish salmon withdrawalPublished: 19 February, 2008THE Food Standards Agency has issued a second updated Food Alert for Information on the withdrawal by a number of retailers of fresh Scottish salmon (but not organic salmon), because of a risk of a taint, resulting in an unpleasant taste. Further products have been withdrawn by Tesco and Costco.
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Morrisons recalls fresh Scottish salmonPublished: 13 February, 2008MORRISONS has recalled its fresh Scottish salmon (but not organic salmon) sold from fresh fish counters and pre-packed chiller cabinets because of a possible risk of a white spirit taint, resulting in an unpleasant taste, the Food Standards Agency announced today.
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Anstruther Fish Bar scoops top training awardPublished: 23 January, 2008SCOTLAND'S famous Anstruther Fish Bar has today scooped the Staff Training and Development Award at this year’s national Fish and Chip Shop of the Year competition.
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Should there be a nationally backed plan to develop the UK cod farming sector?
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The Shellfish Association of Great Britain Annual Conference - 21 - 22 May, 2008
AquacultureUK2008 - 21 - 24 May, 2008
EIFAC International symposium 2008 - 28 - 30 May, 2008
Tuna 2008 - 01 - 05 June, 2008
XIII ISFNF International Symposium on Fish Feeding and Nutrition - 03 - 05 June, 2008
ACUI 2008 - 07 June, 2008 - 15:30
White Water Rafting Day - 26 - 28 June, 2008
Fish Ireland 2008 - 03 - 08 August, 2008
Australasian Aquaculture 2008 Conference and Trade Show - 15 - 18 September, 2008
Aquaculture Europe 2008 - 29 September - 01 October, 2008
Aqua Vision 2008 - 23 - 24 October, 2008
Annual Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers International Conference
