USA: USDA asks for bids on salmon, catfish contracts by 9 May

Published 2024년 5월 3일

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging seafood suppliers to submit bids for contracts to provide salmon, catfish, and walleye for domestic food distribution programs, with the deadline set for 9 May. The USDA is looking to purchase a substantial amount of canned salmon, frozen salmon fillets, walleye fillets, and catfish strips and fillets, all of which are expected to be delivered between July and December 2024. This initiative is an extension of the USDA's earlier commitment to buy more Alaska and other pollock species for the National School Lunch Program and other federal food nutrition assistance programs. Additionally, the USDA has introduced new child nutrition standards for school meals, allowing more flexibility in menu planning and promoting the purchase of local seafood, with an emphasis on unprocessed agricultural products being locally sourced starting in fall 2024.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking seafood suppliers to bid on contracts to supply salmon, catfish, and walleye for domestic food distribution programs. The deadline to submit bids is 9 May.The USDA is seeking to buy 117,040 cases of canned pink salmon, 36,000 pounds of wild frozen salmon fillets, and 72,000 pounds of frozen walleye fillets.In the agency’s solicitation for bids on catfish, it said it is seeking bids on 240,000 pounds of oven-ready breaded catfish strips and 152,000 pounds of raw unbreaded catfish fillets for a total of 392,000 pounds.Winning suppliers will deliver seafood between July and December 2024.This follows a USDA announcement in April 2024, that it would purchase more Alaska pollock, salmon, and other seafood for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), as well as for other federal food nutrition assistance programs.In addition to catfish, salmon, and walleye, the USDA said it plans to purchase Alaska pollock fillets, surimi, and breaded ...

Source: Seafoodsource