Using 'chemical fingerprinting' to fight seafood fraud and illegal fishing
Fake foods are invading our supermarkets, as foods we love are substituted or adulterated with lower value or unethical goods.
Fake foods are invading our supermarkets, as foods we love are substituted or adulterated with lower value or unethical goods.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 12, 2022
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Farming Atlantic salmon requires a high volume of wild-caught fish as feed, but produces only a small percentage of the world's farmed fish supply. A study published March 1 in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation by David ...
Agriculture
Mar 1, 2022
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Scientists have developed a new way to identify and reduce the impact of chemicals and diseases in global aquaculture (fish farming).
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2022
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Food companies, regulators, marketers, journalists and others should use the terms "cell-based" or "cell-cultured" when labeling and talking about seafood products made from the cells of fish or shellfish, according to a ...
Other
Aug 9, 2021
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Most of the revenues extracted from use of the world's oceans is concentrated among 100 transnational corporations, which have been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke University and the Stockholm Resilience ...
Environment
Jan 13, 2021
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Media outlets, governments, academics, and NGOs are increasingly recognizing and documenting seafood fraud. Policies are being designed and revamped in an attempt to reduce seafood mislabeling. And, more and more groups are ...
Ecology
Nov 16, 2020
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Companies seeking to commercialize seafood products made from the cells of fish or shellfish should use the term "cell-based" on product labels, according to a Rutgers study—the first of its kind—in the Journal of Food ...
Ecology
Jul 28, 2020
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From lab-grown "seafood" to dumplings made with tropical fruit instead of pork, rising demand for sustainable meat alternatives in Asia is spawning creative products to appeal to local palates.
Environment
Mar 23, 2020
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Researchers from The University of Western Australia and Stanford University have confirmed eco-labels on seafood are a trusted way for consumers to ensure they are buying sustainable seafood products and also encourage the ...
Ecology
Mar 14, 2019
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How does labelling products and putting up signs in stores affect consumer choices, especially toward encouraging consumers to buy sustainable seafood? When researchers tested how ecolabels for sustainably harvested seafood ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2018
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