Tag: tuna
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Consumer Reports Challenges FDA’s Fish Intake Recommendations
In its October 2014 issue, Consumer Reports will publish an analysis of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) data that supported the agency’s recommendations for fish intake by pregnant women and children, released jointly as draft guidance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. The magazine compiled a list of low-mercury—including…
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Fish and Mercury Intake for Children and Pregnant Women
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have joined to issue draft guidance on mercury levels and fish consumption, directed at pregnant women and guardians of young children. Recommendations include eating 8 to 12 ounces (two to three servings) of low-mercury fish like tilapia, catfish, cod, salmon, and shrimp…
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Tuna Caught Off U.S. Coasts Contain Trace Levels of Fukushima Radiation
Researchers have apparently found levels of radiation “too small to be of realistic concern” from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in albacore tuna caught off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. Neville et al., “Trace Levels of Fukushima Disaster Radionuclides in East Pacific Albacore,” Environmental Science & Technology, April 2014. The study examined 26 Pacific albacore…
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USDA Researchers Claim Low Seafood Intake Linked to Cognitive Decline
Research presented at the Experimental Biology 2014 meeting has apparently confirmed the importance of dietary long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), concluding that lower intakes of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA) were predictive of cognitive decline. According to an April 27, 2014, press release, scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition Research…
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Methylmercury Strict Liability Claims to Proceed Against Bumble Bee
A federal court in New York has refused to dismiss claims alleging that Bumble Bee Foods is strictly liable for and was negligent in failing to warn about the mercury in its products in a lawsuit alleging personal injury from excessive consumption of the company’s tuna products, which contain methylmercury. Porrazzo v. Bumble Bee Foods,…
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NOAA Issues Final Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Rule
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a final rule “to enhance the requirements for documentation to support labels on tuna products that represent the product as dolphin-safe.” According to NMFS, the rule “is intended to better ensure dolphin-safe labels comply with the requirements of the…
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Federal Court Orders Production of Marketing Docs in Omega-3 Suit
A federal court in California has ordered Bumble Bee Foods, LLC to produce “documents dating back to 2004 regarding the marketing and labeling strategies for the products [plaintiff] purchased and for products with the same Omega-3 label or with nearly identical labels” in a putative nationwide consumer-fraud class action. Ogden v. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC,…
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Insurance Corp. Seeks to Rescind Umbrella Policy with Importer of Salmonella-Contaminated Fish
Golden Eagle Insurance Corp. has filed a complaint for declaratory relief against its insured Moon Marine (U.S.A.) Corp., requesting that the umbrella policy it issued to the insured be rescinded because Moon Marine allegedly concealed material facts when it obtained the policy. Golden Eagle Ins. Corp. v. Moon Marine (U.S.A.) Corp., No. 12-5438 (N.D. Cal., filed October 22, 2012).…