Editor’s recap: China cancels imports amid new COVID cases; Canada snow crab prices rise; Largest salmon farmers ranked

Published 2020년 6월 15일

Tridge summary

Last week saw Chinese retailers and foodservice channels cancel orders for salmon and place consigned goods in cold storage following a coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, linked to a seafood market. The market's environmental samples showed 40 out of 5,424 were positive for the virus, with concerns about potential contamination of imported salmon. In other news, the Canadian snow crab market experienced price increases due to high demand and limited supply. The top 30 farmed salmon producers globally, as reported by Mowi, revealed the largest Chilean companies as the most dominant, controlling 89.5% of the country's production in 2019. Walmart announced plans to require all canned tuna sold in its stores to carry the Marine Stewardship Council logo by 2025. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the seafood industry, with concerns about falling prices for cod and haddock due to reduced orders from Chinese processors.

Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

Neil Ramsden, deputy editor of Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week., The biggest story of last week came on Saturday, June 13, as Chinese retailers and foodservice channels canceled orders of salmon, and imported consignments were put into cold storage, after a new cluster of coronavirus cases in Beijing was linked to a seafood market., Louis Harkell broke the news that on Saturday supermarkets across the capital removed salmon from shelves amid fears imported salmon may have been contaminated with the virus. Authorities closed the market in question, and took 5,424 environmental samples, of which 40 returned positive for the virus. Local media attention has focused on a positive sample from the salmon chopping board amid concerns contaminated salmon may have been imported from abroad., Janice Schreiber, with Seafood.com News, last week wrote that the Canadian snow crab market saw significant price increases earlier this week. Spot ...

Source: Undercurrent News