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The Fourth meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics in Virology and Phytoplasmology took place on April 5 – 7, 2016 housed by the EPPO Secretariat (Paris, France) ...

The Caspian and Black Sea Agrarian Congress took place on April 12 – 13, 2016 in Baku (Azerbaijan), organized by “APK-Inform” information and analytical agency and Ukrainian Grain Association and supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) ...

The 11th session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, governing the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) was held in Rome (Italy) housed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ... 

The negotiations were held on the initiative of the Russian party on April 12, 2016 in the form of teleconference and were devoted to agreements reached during the meeting of the 1st Russian-Iranian Working Group for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Cooperation ...

The negotiations were held at the initiative of the Mauritius party. At the negotiations the Russian delegation was headed by Alexey Alexeyenko, Assistant to the Rosselkhoznadzor Head, and the Mauritius delegation was headed by Maheswarsingh Khemloliva, Mauritius Ambassador to the Russian Federation ...

In accordance with agreements reached before the Rosselkhoznadzor experts have started the joint inspection of the establishments manufacturing porcine products in the Republic of Belarus as of today ...

Lebanese Food Industries National Day Conference was held on April 6, 2016 in Beirut, capital of Lebanon. The Rosselkhoznadzor delegation, which came to Lebanon in order to clarify the situation about allegedly detected carcinogens in imported Russian wheat, took part in the event ...

As part of measures aimed at settlement of issues concerning the quality of grain consignments imported into Lebanon, the expert delegation from the Rosselkhoznadzor held negotiations with the heads of Lebanese leading business communities regarding the agricultural sector ...

Lithuania-based surimi and seafood processor Viciunai Group has pulled its stand from the Brussels seafood show ....

A NUMBER of oyster farms destroyed by the Japanese tsunami have been replaced by more sustainable alternatives, according to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), which has just accredited the Shizugawa Branch of the Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Co-operative ...

A NEW wellboat, equipped with the latest technology for fighting lice and AGD, was officially launched by Marine Harvest in Fort William on April 9 ...

Zika and Ebola get all the headlines, but pathogens that threaten livestock and crops could be even more dangerous for humans ...

A NUMBER of Scotland’s leading fish and seafood companies will be attending the Food & Hotel Asia event in Singapore on 12-15 April ...

Venus and Víkingur will return to fishing blue whiting and have 26.150 tonnes of quota left to be caught. This became clear following the Fisheries Minister’s decision to increase the quota by 39,000 tonnes, of which 7700 tonnes falls to the HB Grandi fleet ...

THE European Commission is offering an additional €7.5 million to boost innovation and create jobs in the marine and maritime sectors...

THE finalists for the new Seafood Excellence Global awards competition have been announced today ...

Pelagic vessels Venus and Víkingur are now in port in Reykjavík after having been tied up at Akranes since the end of the capelin season. The reason for the change of scenery was that the harbour at Akranes and the cement factory there form part of the backdrop for the American action film the Fast and the Furious 8 which is being filmed there over the next few days ...

‘Before True North contacted HB Grandi about the ships, they had been in touch with the Akranes mayor’s office about filming in the cement factory building. There will also be scenes filmed at the harbour area that start on the 14th of April and take two days. Then there are two days scheduled for filming in Hvalfjördur,’ he said and added that Venus and Víkingur were simply too big for the harbour scenes and had to go...

5m Publishing has taken over the running of Aquaculture UK, having bought the events company Ascomber Ltd from Aviemore stalwart David Mack...

THE next phase of the UK’s marine planning programme will begin on 11 April, with the launch of public consultation and a series of events across the country ...

The meeting was initiated by the Austrian party. Opening the talks Yevgeny Nepoklonov noted that it is important to maintain working contacts between the Rosselkhoznadzor and Veterinary Services of the EU member countries despite the sanctions and retaliatory economic measures.

The negotiations with the competent authority of Uruguay took place as part of measures aimed at studying capabilities of the soybean exporting countries to comply with the RF requirements for safety of the exported products. The specialists also acquainted themselves with the laboratory facilities and studied the control system applied during the shipments from the port of Nueva  Palmira.

The meeting was initiated by the Belarusian party. At the beginning of the meeting Julia Schvabauskene marked the importance of joint actions against unfair participants of the external economic activities.

The Blood Bank’s donation van has been at HB Grandi’s Nordurgardur location today to receive donations and to find new blood donors. According to Blood Bank representative Jórunn Frímannsdóttir, the collection has gone well and the response from the staff of HB Grandi and other companies in the area has been very good.

A DIETARY supplement made from shrimp shells, which is said to lower blood pressure, is set to be launched commercially this year ...

AS another large delegation of Welsh producers prepares to head off to the Seafood Expo Global, the country’s Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans, has today spoken of the importance of the seafood sector to growth plans for the food industry in Wales ...

BRAKES Group has become the first foodservice supplier to introduce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified prawns in the UK ...

The talks initiated by the Egyptian party were held in the mode of the teleconference.

The Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor took part in business forum “Russia – Latin America” which was held in Montevideo, March 29, 2016 ...

Videoconference between representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor and Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India took place on the initiative of the Russian party on March 30, 2016 ...