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World’s ‘biggest’ whitefish plant starts processing

A WHITEFISH factory – claimed to be the world’s largest – has commenced production in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, set to produce 750 tonnes of product per day.

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Fish market gets new $1.85 million cooling system

AN EXTENSIVE cooling system installation project has been completed at the Fraserburgh Fish Market in Scotland. The cooling system for two buildings was refurbished as part of a £1 million ($1.85 million) upgrade project at the famous market by Star Refrigeration

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Edible packaging
comes a step closer

RESEARCHERS from ANFACO and the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, are close to developing a new kind of packaging based on edible protein to improve the quality and food safety of processed fish products as well as being environmentally friendly.

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Poisoning prompts
pangasius recall

VIETNAMESE pangasius contaminated with dangerous bacteria and toxins made a Norwegian customer acutely ill after buying frozen fillets of the fish from a supermarket in Haugesund, Norway.

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New all-cargo
US-Europe service

LUFTHANSA is to launch an all-cargo Frankfurt-Toronto service on September 2, filling the gap left when Air Canada pulled its freighter service in June.

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Japan to add ‘carbon footprint’ to labels

JAPAN is planning to label consumer goods to show their carbon footprints in a bid to raise public awareness about global warming, an official told the Associated Press.

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Seafish in water-saving campaign

THE UK Seafish Industry Authority (Seafish) has launched a campaign aimed at helping processors to save water and reduce waste – through a range of colourful posters.

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Seabream gutter set for launch

A NEW gutter especially for seabream is set to be launched into the market later this year.Until recently, seabass and seabream have been almost universally sold as whole fish (ie ungutted), but the demand for more value added forms of these fish is increasing.

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Software adapted for
onboard use

MAREL is developing a factory trawler version of its successful shore-based Flow-Line systems for handling fish fillets.

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Flexibility wins
ready-meal contract

WHEN Cranswick Country Foods won a new order to supply a range of premium quality ready meals to one of the UK's leading food retailers, they turned for the first time to UK tray sealing manufacturer Packaging Automation (PA).

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