Newfoundland, Labrador Crab Quota Cut By 5%

April 2, 2012 Staff Reporter, CBC News

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is cutting this year's total allowable catch for crab in the province by five per cent.

Agar Supply, Legal Sea Foods Partner To Design Fish Labels To Ease Tracking

Agar Supply, New England’s largest independent food distributor, has partnered with Legal Sea Foods to launch a new label that will allow restaurants and supermarkets to track fresh fish all along the supply chain.

Vollrath Releases 2012-2013 Product Catalog

The Vollrath Company, the world’s leading manufacturer of foodservice equipment and smallwares, introduces its 2012-2013 product catalog with the company’s most current offerings of prep, cook and serve solutions. The latest edition of the catalog includes more than 20 new and extended product lines, as well as several expanded product categories.

Kendall College School Of Culinary Arts Chef-Instructor & Alumna Win Inaugural Culinology Competition

The team of Eric Stein, M.S., R.D., a chef-instructor at the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, and Jaime Mestan, C.S.C., a Kendall College culinary alum (08) and research chef at Ed Miniat, Inc., in South Holland, Ill., took first place in the inaugural Professional Culinology Competition, March 23 in San Antonio, Texas, held in conjunction with the Research Chefs Associations (RCA) Annual Conference and Culinology Expo.

College Of Dupage Culinary Instructor Wins 2012 Produce Excellence Award

April 2, 2012 Testa Produce

Chef David Kramer, Associate Professor of Culinary Arts at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., is one of six chefs and foodservice professionals nationwide to win a 2012 United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award. Nominated by Chicago-based Testa Produce, Inc., Kramer won in the Business in Industry & Colleges category. The awards program, created by the United Fresh Produce Association and sponsored by PRO*ACT, honors chefs and their companies for innovative and influential use of produce in the culinary arts.