Seafood Today: Principal

Revista internacional del canal de comercialización de pescados y mariscos	Hoy es miércoles de 20 de agosto de 2008

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Markets Canned tuna victory The top news in the tuna business is the complete victory of the US tuna industry in a California court. A judge accepted all the arguments put forward by the tuna industry as to why California’s Proposition 65 should not supersede federal law, and as a result ruled that California has no right to require mercury warning labels on cans of tuna. The outcome means that efforts to force retailers and restaurants to post these warnings may fail as well.

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	Fish & Health Diet and cancer: Can one size fit all? After a more than three-decade search for foods and dietary patterns that trigger or ward off cancer, researchers are concluding that the role of diet in preventing this disease is subtle and may depend on nutrient intake, certain additives or contaminants, and individual risk. For example, the same food or food component, such as calcium, may contribute to one cancer but help prevent another. And the value of specific dietary changes, such as cutting back on fat, may vary among individuals based on their overall health.
	Fish & Health Mexican Researchers Suggest that Oil Extracted from the Eyes of Tuna Regulate Cholesterol Levels. Researchers of the Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (Interdisciplinary Marine Science Center or CICIMAR) of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in México, have discovered that the oil extracted from the eyes of tuna, contributes to regulate cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the body of humans.
	Catch of the day “Mexillonterapia” (Mussel Therapy”), the Promotional Campaign of Galician Mussels To maintain the energy of the human body, it is necessary to consume foods rich in iron, such as mussels. In Spain, the “Mexillonterapia” (“Mussel Therapy”) campaign creates awareness in the entire population to increase the consumption of this mollusk. In June of this year, the Fish and Maritime Matters Council of the Galician Board submit- ted to the Mussel Regulating Council of Galicia the new promotional campaign for Galician mus- sel under the title of “Mexillonterapia” (“Mussel Therapy”); its main objective is to further the consumption of a product that is healthy and rich in nutrients. The campaign has a budget of 230,000 Euros, which can be increased, based on the sector’s demand and it includes promotional posters, information booklets, promotional arti- cles, and articles and ads in the media.
	Supermarket Keep it Simple Industry experts advise retailers to limit their assortment of fish and seafood as a strategy for building profits The efforts are misguided, according to industry experts. To turn profits, retailers should edit their selections and emphasize self-service offerings. Offering a huge selection of different species doesn’t make sense, since only a handful of items is responsible for the majority of sales.
	Food service Visit Internet and Find Seafood to Consume Presently, consumers are looking for tasty foods that help them have good health and that have been produced using responsible practices. In the case seafood, consumers should have information about the species allowed by the institutions that take care of the marine environment, as for example the Marine Conservation Society of the United Kingdom (MCS).
	Business and seafood Coaxis, the Cold Chain with a Friendly Service Coaxis is betting on frozen foods, since their consumption is increasingly growing day by day, largely due to the habits of our present lifestyle. The key to the success of this consumption is due to the ease and speed with which they are prepared, the variety of products on the market, and most of all, their quality which keeps their nutritious properties intact. This French company has arrived in Vigo to make the home delivery of frozen foods popular in Spain. From there, the group which is already present in France, Canada and Morocco, intends to make its entry into Portugal. “Vigo is the fish and frozen product capital, and there is no doubt about it,” assures Franck Sastre, director of Coaxis Spain.
	Entrevista ANFACO: Spain, spearhead in processing and preservation of seafood products The National Association of Canned Seafood and Fish Manufacturers (ANFACO), is an organization located in Vigo, with longer than a century of history, its origins go back to the canned Seafood and Fish Manufacturers Union, founded on 1904. This organization integrates more than 140 companies connected with the processing industrial sector (Canned, Semicanned and Fish and Seafood Salting, Frozen, Refrigerated and Variety of Seafood Products, Oils and Fish Meals, Raw Materials, Machinery, Packaging and Packing, Seafood Dealers, Organizations and Associations, Auxiliary Services and Preserved Products), which groups representative companies of a plurisectorial cluster so important for the Galician and Spanish economy as is the canning and processing seafood industrial sector.
	Reportaje Pachanga Seafood Flavor on Your Dish Pachanga Seafood Products is a canning com- pany based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, which has been operating for a little less than two years. Nevertheless, its main partners and processing plant have been in business for over 35 years. This company supplies excellent gourmet-quality value added products.
	Noticia Mexico Expects to Obtain over 564 Million Dollars for the Export of Ocean Products to the Entire World at the Closing of 2006 Last year, 54 percent of the exports of these foods went to the United States; 15 percent, to Japan; and 8 percent, to Spain.
	Seafood Shows Expomytilus 2006 Surpassed all Expectations Chile’s II International Mussel Exhibition, Expomytilus 2006, which took place in the capital city of Castro, on Chiloé Island, by far surpassed the expectations of its producers Tribu Global S.A., the 150 exhibitors and the 2500 visitors.
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