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Swabathons: What to expect during FDA inspections

Blockchain adoptions driven by consumer demand for safe seafood

How omega-3 labeling guidance helps U.S. seafood makers

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2019 • FOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH REPORT

Safe and Sound?

The year 2020 is right around the corner, and the world is modernizing rapidly to meet it. But, despite how quickly technologies and business strategies are evolving, when it comes to food industries, safety remains an unshakeable priority.

The seafood industry is no exception – food safety is a paramount concern for suppliers, stakeholders, auditors, and consumers of the sector’s proteins, which is why SeafoodSource has compiled its 2019 Food Safety and Health Report documenting the latest trends, challenges, and innovations impacting this critical space.

Within this report, you’ll learn how one U.S. seafood supplier handled a “swabathon” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and gain advice regarding what your business can do when inspectors arrive at your door. Discover how blockchain technology is providing food safety assurances to retailers and seafood suppliers/ distributors from China to Ecuador and beyond on page 5, and take note of how recommendations surrounding omega-3 fatty acids in seafood are positively sweeping the United States and the United Kingdom, starting on page 9.

Curious about the labeling of genetically engineered salmon, or how seafood mislabeling is being tackled in key global arenas such as North America and South Korea? Tab over to the “Labeling & Mislabeling” section beginning

CONTENTS TECH & TECHNIQUES Swabathons: What to expect during FDA inspections ................... 3 Consumer demand for safe seafood driving blockchain adoptions ....................................................................... 5

CONSUMPTION HEALTH Groups praise updated U.S. government seafood guidance ......... 9 How omega-3 labeling guidance helps U.S. seafood makers ..... 11 Parents on both sides of the the Atlantic urged to feed more seafood to their children ................................................................ 13

LABELING & MISLABELING The value of transparency in North America’s GE salmon proposition......................................................................... 15 North American supply chains commonly plagued by seafood mislabeling ....................................................................... 18

importers at an elevated rate in 2019 in the latter pages of this guide, in the “Inspections & Recalls” section.

There’s a lot going on food safety-wise for the seafood industry in 2019, so read on and

.............. 19 JF discovers widespread seafood mislabeling in South Korea..................................................................................... 21

INSPECTIONS & RECALLS

MADELYN

KEARNS Editorial Project Manager, SeafoodSource

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imported Vietnamese products ..................................................... 25

discriminatory measure ................................................................. 26

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TECH & TECHNIQUES

SWABATHONS: WHAT TO EXPECT DURING FDA INSPECTIONS

By Chris Chase

A U.S. seafood importer recently had to recall 154,560 pounds of Vietnamese

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