• Safety Press Release

    Additional FDA Funding a Must

    June 10, 2008 Washington, DC The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs an additional $275 million to fund new initiatives including $125 mil...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    (Part II) NBC Nightly News Airs Seafood Sustainability Scare-Story

    First credit where credit is do-- NBC Nightly News Executive producer Alexandra Wallace personally responded to our concerns about Anne Thompsons report on seafood and the oceans. However, she skirte...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Setting the Record Straight On Tuna Scare Story

    Last week the Daily Californian published what can only be described as a poorly researched tuna scare story. The report came complete with suggestions that an out-of-date, eco-activist study about me...

  • Health Blog

    Compulsory taco

    This last weekend I was in Dallas/Fort Worth to celebrate my sisters high school graduation and visit my family. In accordance with unwritten law, I ate a taco within 45 minutes of landing on Texa...

  • Safety Press Release

    NFI Co-Sponsors Import Safety Summit

    June 9, 2008 Washington The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) announces it is joining 11 other trade associations to sponsor the first-ever Import Safety Summit, scheduled for July 9th in Washingto...

  • Health Resource

    Beneficial Effects of a Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid on Infant Development: Evidence from the Inuit of Artic Quebec

    Beneficial Effects of a Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid on Infant Development: Evidence from the Inuit of Artic Quebec
    Authors: Joseph L. Jacobson, et al.
    Wayne State University School of Medi...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    NBC Nightly News Airs Seafood Sustainability Scare-Story

    Last night NBC News chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson aired a story titled Sea Change-- Seafood Choices Key to Saving Troubled Waters. Unfortunately it was a one-sided diatribe a...

  • Health Blog

    The new meat and potatoes

    Yesterday I had my first tennis lesson. And when I say first, I mean firstever. I have never picked up a racquet before and have a long way to go before Ill be comfortable doing so in public. M...

  • Health Blog

    Speedy surimi

    Yesterday I was en route to a meeting downtown at lunchtime, so I ate on the go. While my $3.99 8 Piece Brown Rice Surimi Combo doesnt shake a stick at the chefs omakase I enjoyed last weekend, ...

  • Sustainability Press Release

    Condemnation of Tactics in Tuna Dispute

    June 3, 2008 Washington Following weeks of Greenpeace action against tuna vessels world wide that include vandalizing tuna boats operating legally in the Pacific Ocean, boarding vessels in the Medit...

  • Health Blog

    Brain-boosting burger

    Tonight I got home late and was ravenous. Luckily, the salmon burger recipe my Aunt Rita sent me to try took less than 10 minutes from on-paper to plate. I halved the recipe since I was only cooki...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Turkish Fishermen Face Off Against Greenpeace

    Let me start by saying I don't endorse violent confrontations as a means of protest in any way shape or form and neither does NFI... but in playing the victim after a confrontation at sea Greenpeace h...

  • Health Blog

    Noodles and National Journal

    I am a leftovers enthusiast. And a wasted-food opposer. In even the most meager of dinner remnants, I see the potential for a great lunch the next day. Today was a classic repurposing. Veggie soup...

  • Health Blog

    Rain makes me a little crabby

    Yesterday we left the house at 9 in the morning to spend the whole day at the Vintage Virginia wine festival. Unlike most festivals, the food options were impressive. Paella, gyros, grilled chick...

  • Health Blog

    If I was on a deserted island and had to pick one food…

    I would probably pick sushi. It tastes so good, and you feel so good after eating it. No island fantasies necessary, though -- I am lucky to live less than a block away from what must be one of t...