Outcry forces thaw in sushi rules
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After a public outcry, the provincial government is backing away from a strict new ban on the use of fresh raw fish in sushi. The rules could be loosened if other ways can be found to warn diners of the potential
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Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish &#151; contrary to stereotype &#151; are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat.
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By MIKE SWAIN  CELEBRITY chefs yesterday hit out at destructive fishing policies which threaten to take seafood off the menu.   Chefs Antony Worrall Thompson and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall slammed fisheries chiefs who are set to ignore calls for a ban on some stocks.
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Consumer advocates are raising concerns about whether federal restrictions meant to stop the import of tainted Chinese seafood are strong enough.
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TORONTO - Ontario may soften new rules that requires fish to be frozen and thawed before being served raw. The Sept. 1 ban called for fish to be frozen in order to kill potential parasites.
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Is there a potential thaw in the cold war between National Hockey League owners and players?
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Its plan to prevent overharvesting, slated to go into effect in March, mobilizes irked anglers who say they've already cut back.
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Chinese-made frozen food has sickened ten people in Japan, prompting recalls and charges of deliberate poisoning. But both governments are eager to avoid escalating the conflict
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SEATTLE, Oct. 5 -- Using language that suggests they are fed up with the Bush administration, federal judges across the West have issued a flurry of rulings in recent weeks, chastising the government for repeated and sometimes willful failure to enforce laws protecting fish, forests, wildlife and...
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New York Cityâs new rules for menu labels at chain restaurants have set off a food fight among the nationâs obesity experts.
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By David Kravets Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for Southwestern Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court last week to block the proposed expansion of an Arizona ski resort they say already desecrates land they hold sacred and sullies their religious beliefs.
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The United States has revised anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimp exports for the product being sold at unfair prices, inflaming a sizzling seafood row.
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A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus, but he suggested that expanding the rule to include more restaurants could make it legal.
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TOKYO -- On a recent business trip to Colorado, Japan's agriculture minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, popped into an inviting Japanese restaurant in the Denver suburbs with a hankering for a taste of back home. What he found instead was something he considered a high culinary crime -- sushi served on...
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CHONG KHNEAS, Cambodia -- A decade ago, Chan Kimoeun could pilot his skiff across the turbid water of the Tonle Sap, stay out for two days and bring home as much as 400 pounds of fish. On this day, he returned from five nights of floating torpor with a mere 50 pounds -- hardly enough to cover the costs of fuel or the rice he cooked during the trip.
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Activists withdrew a threat to ram a  Japanese whaling fleet in the frigid Southern Ocean on Tuesday,  while in Tokyo pro-whaling nations met to push for a return to  commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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The company is raking in its own shares as it deals with the costs of refrigerating food.