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• Raising Farmed Salmon    |    Delivering Quality    |    Wild Salmon .
• Where Farmed Salmon Are Raised.
• Salmon are farmed in several countries in Europe, and in the Western Hemisphere in Chile, Canada, and the United States. ...
• By far the greatest amount of farmed salmon, about 80 percent, is consumed fresh. Farmed salmon are harvested year-round, which makes fresh salmon available every month of the year. Farmed salmon also provides the majority of smoked salmon available. Only a very small amount of farmed salmon is canned. ...
• While it typically takes less than three days to get farmed salmon from the water to the market, in some cases the salmon get from the water to the store or restaurant in a single day. ...
• Farmed salmon are handled with the highest degree of care possible. ...

• On Safety of Farmed and Wild Salmon are Good News.
• Mercury, which has been a problem for some other fish, is not a problem in farmed or wild salmon. ... "I want consumers to know the facts and the facts about farmed salmon are very positive for the whole family," he adds. ...
• That study said farmed salmon had several times the PCBs of wild salmon. ... Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tolerance, the authors advised consumers to eat wild and not farmed salmon. ...
• But with new data from recently completed monitoring studies in Alaska for wild salmon and in Canada and Chile for farmed salmon, the eat wild or farmed debate is irrelevant, says Alex Trent, executive director, Salmon of the Americas (SOTA). The latest round of PCB monitoring carried out by SOTA shows levels of PCBs in farmed salmon sampled from its members at about the same levels as the most recent data from wild Alaska Chinook and sockeye salmon tested by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). ...
• The latest SOTA testing which includes 100 fish sampled (about one half a ton) from east and west Canada and Chile show PCB levels in farmed salmon continue to decline. ...
• "As a registered dietitian, I hope this good news puts farmed salmon back on the plates of consumers. ...
• Misinformation a Danger to Consumers  |   Farmed Salmon Safe, High in Omega-3s .

• Review of — "Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon".
• Review of — "Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon," Science Express January 8, 2004, and Science January 9, 2004. ...
• Tested 700 samples of farmed and wild salmon collected from around the world for pesticides and environmental contaminants. ...
• Results are comparable to past reports describing residues of PCBs and dioxin-like compounds in farmed salmon.
• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in farmed salmon (mean = 0. ... PCB levels in farmed salmon allow consumption of 8 oz/wk based upon the EPA Reference Dose (RfD) with a non-cancer endpoint (i. ...
• The Toxicity Equivalency Quotient (TEQ) for farmed salmon ranged from 0. ... consumers, the exposure to PCB would be even lower since most of the farmed salmon that is consumed in the U. ... US farmed salmon comes from Chile (56%), Canada (31%), US (6%). ...
• Farmed and wild salmon are nutritious: .
• Farmed salmon is affordable and available year round: .
• Per capita consumption of farmed salmon is 2 pounds per year or 0. ...
• , from June to October) and is about three times more expensive than farmed salmon. ...
• Comparative risks for adults — Suppose that consumption of 8 oz of farmed salmon per week could reduce the annual mortality from sudden cardiac death by 20-40% and save 50,000-100,000 lives (note: an accurate estimate still requires more research). In contrast, if our population of 300 million consumed 8 oz of farmed salmon per week for 70 years, the number of cancer deaths would increase by 6,000 (i. ... So, the net benefit from consuming farmed salmon far outweighs the predicted risk. Conversely, the net risk for those that do not eat farmed salmon is greater than for those that do eat farmed salmon. ...

• Government of Canada Assures Public that Farmed and Wild Salmon are Safe to Consume .
• OTTAWA - Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and Fisheries and Oceans Minister Geoff Regan today reassured Canadians that both wild and farmed fish sold in Canada are safe to consume, despite recent media reports suggesting higher health risks associated with farmed fish.
• A study published in the American journal Environmental Science and Technology on August 10 found on average higher levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are chemical fire retardants, in farmed salmon than in wild salmon. The authors of the study concluded that frequent consumption of farmed salmon is more likely to boost exposure to PBDEs than wild salmon.
• "I am concerned that recent media reports might lead Canadians to reduce their farmed salmon consumption out of health concerns," said Minister Regan. "I want to assure Canadians that the farmed salmon industry is carefully regulated by the Government of Canada for human health and environmental impacts. Both the farmed salmon and wild salmon industries provide safe and extremely healthy products for Canadians. ...

• Peter Singer, DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and President of Animal Rights International, met with Bill Hawks, USDA's Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, to discuss the future of the Farm Animal Well-Being Task Group, a body of USDA officials which had agreed to meet periodically with the heads of farmed animal protection organizations to address issues of farmed animal well-being with a view to developing specific initiatives that reflected the discussions and decisions made at the meetings.
• Singer indicated that if the animal movement could not obtain changes in the conditions under which farmed animals are kept, it would have no alternative but to publicize the cruelties involved, and urge the public to boycott those products. ... It emerged that none of the government representatives there knew anything about recent European development in farmed animal welfare, but this did not generate any interest regarding the desirability of continuing the Farm Animal Well-Being Task Group.
• The Task Group provided a round-table opportunity for the heads of farmed animal protection organizations to meet directly with USDA administrators and present a shortlist of concrete concerns and proposals for addressing these concerns. ... animal protection organizations to represent the interests of farmed animals to federal government agencies who are in a position to improve the well-being of farmed animals. ...
• , the United States does not have a Farm Animal Welfare Council or comparable policymaking body whereby societal concerns about farmed animals are represented, shared, and discussed with federal government administrators. Apart from the Farm Animal Well-Being Task Group, and despite growing public interest in farmed animal welfare, neither the American public nor farmed animals have a venue that is separate from other considerations (manure disposal, carcass inspection, pathogen reduction, food safety, etc. ...
• The overall purpose of the Farm Animal Well-Being Task Group Meetings was to identify and accomplish specific goals that reduced and eliminated specific welfare problems and improved the well-being of farmed animals. ...

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• Study finds health risks in farmed salmonBy Joan LowyScripps Howard News Service.
• Contaminants in farmed salmon also may affect neurodevelopment in children, making it as risky as mercury-contaminated fish, one of the study's authors said.
• The study, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts' environment program and published Friday in the journal Science, measured PCBs and 49 other toxic contaminants in 700 samples of farmed and wild salmon from around the world. Previous studies measured PCBs alone in a few dozen farmed salmon.
• European farmed salmon had greater amounts of the contaminants than North and South American farmed salmon, researchers found. However, farmed salmon in the Americas still had significantly higher contaminant levels than wild salmon.
• The study also found farmed salmon had higher levels of 13 other similarly toxic contaminants, including dioxin and several pesticides no longer used in the United States such as DDT, dieldrin and toxaphene. ...
• Alex Trent, executive director of Salmon of the Americas, a trade association for the farmed salmon industry, said the PCB levels in the study are well below the Food and Drug Administration's tolerance level for fish.
• The health benefits of eating farmed salmon — which is high in certain fatty acids that can reduce the risk of heart disease — outweigh the risk from contaminants, especially in relation to beef, Trent said.
• More than one serving a month of farmed salmon generally and more than two servings a month of store-bought salmon also increased the cancer risk.
• The study calculates the increased cancer risk for only three out of the 14 contaminants of greatest concern in farmed salmon because those are the only ones for which EPA has set risk guidelines, said Dr. ...
• The study results reported in Science do not include an assessment of the risks of neurodevelopmental disorders in children whose mothers eat farmed salmon. ...
• However, Carpenter said the neurodevelopmental risks from non-mercury contaminants in farmed salmon appear as great or greater than eating fish contaminated with mercury, another known neurotoxin that has been the recent focus of FDA attention.
• Salmon farmers are "working with feed companies to find ways to eliminate these contaminants from farmed salmon and some success is being achieved," Salmon of the Americas said in a press statement. ...

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• Farmed Salmon More Toxic than Wild Salmon, Study Finds.
• "We think it's important for people who eat salmon to know that farmed salmon have higher levels of toxins than wild salmon from the open ocean," said IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs Distinguished Professor Ronald Hites, who led the study. ...
• Farmed salmon purchased for the study from supermarkets in Frankfurt (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), Paris (France), London (U. ... ) Farmed salmon from supermarkets in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Washington, D. ... Farmed salmon from Denver and New Orleans supermarkets both triggered a consumption recommendation of two meals of salmon per month. With very few exceptions, farmed salmon samples tested significantly exceeded the contaminant levels of wild salmon, which could be consumed at levels as high as eight meals per month. ...
• The production of farmed salmon has increased 40-fold over the last two decades, thanks in large part to the world's salmon farms. ...
• To test this ecological principle, Hites and his colleagues measured organochlorine toxin levels in about 700 farmed and wild salmon. ...
• The researchers did not study farmed Pacific salmon or wild Atlantic salmon because fish from the two groups are difficult to obtain. ...
• Levels of PCBs, dioxins, toxaphene and dieldrin were highest in farmed salmon from Scotland and the Faroe Islands (Denmark) and lowest in farmed salmon from Chile and Washington state, though Hites pointed out that even these comparatively uncontaminated South American salmon had high levels of other toxins. ...

• PCBs in farmed salmon a danger to Americans .
• While the question may usually refer to the difference between a rare and a medium steak, the reality is that Chile is asking the world what color they would like their farmed salmon. Farmed salmon is typically a white color in Chile, due to the lack of the nutrients and algae that colors salmon flesh raised in the north.
• Washington’s farmed salmon contain about the same amount of PCBs as Chilean salmon. ...
• The high levels of PCBs in farmed salmon come from the use of fishmeal. ... ” Since fishmeal is generally the fatty parts of the fish, it is perpetuating the growth of PCBs in farmed salmon. ...
• Americans should insist that companies providing farmed salmon to our markets ensure the safety of their product.
• If business practices like the work of SalmonChile are supported, wild salmon resources won’t be depleted and farmed salmon can be offered as a safe alternative. ...
• PCBs in farmed salmon a danger to Americans .

• Wild versus farmed.
• Farmed salmon & cancer.
• Farmed salmon consumption is up.
• Summary — PCBs in farmed salmon.
• Seven of ten farmed salmon purchased at grocery stores in Washington DC, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at levels that raise health concerns, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group.
• These first-ever tests of farmed salmon from U. ... grocery stores show that farmed salmon are likely the most PCB-contaminated protein source in the U. ... On average farmed salmon have 16 times the dioxin-like PCBs found in wild salmon, 4 times the levels in beef, and 3. ... The levels found in these tests track previous studies of farmed salmon contamination by scientists from Canada, Ireland, and the U. ... In total, these studies support the conclusion that American consumers nationwide are exposed to elevated PCB levels by eating farmed salmon.
• A number of studies show that farmed salmon accumulate PCBs from the fishmeal they are fed. ...
• If farmed salmon with the average PCB level found in this study were caught in the wild, EPA advice would restrict consumption to no more than one meal a month. But because farmed salmon are bought, not caught, their consumption is not restricted in any way.
• Seven of the farmed salmon we tested came from factory-scale farms in Canada, the U. ... About 23 million Americans eat salmon more than once a month, the majority of it farmed salmon. ...
• The farmed salmon industry claims that both farmed and wild salmon can be eaten safely more than once a week. ... In EWG’s testing program, nine of 10 farmed salmon tested from five countries of origin failed EPA’s health-based limits for weekly consumption (6000 parts per trillion), exceeding the standard by an average of 4. ... A pilot study published by Canadian scientists last year showed that farmed Canadian salmon contain ten times the PCBs of wild Alaskan and Canadian salmon.

• The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002.
• A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002, ISBN 0 11061557 3. ...
• The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002.
•  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002.
• Amendments to the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000.
•  - (1) The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000 2 are amended in accordance with these Regulations.
• In paragraph 7 "the relevant date" is the date on which the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 (other than regulation 2(3)) come into force.
• These Regulations, which apply to Scotland only, amend the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000 ("the principal Regulations"). ...

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