Month: April 2011

Even if no genetically engineered fish ever escapes, says state Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), the mere presence of farmed salmon meat harms wild salmon by hamstringing efforts to preserve the streams in which the wild fish spawn. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) has publicly expressed the same concern. Huffman recently introduced Assembly Bill 88—legislation that, if passed into law, would require any genetically modified salmon sold in California be labeled as such. …

The Food and Drug Administration has released the Fourth Edition of its Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance. …

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized breaded seafood products that have been repacked by Fellerson, Inc., a firm that does business as K&S Wholesale Meats, for Soderholm Wholesale Foods, both of Sun Prairie, Wis., because the products are adulterated. …