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U.S. News WASHINGTON, D.C. Chefs push for action on seafood fraud M ore than 500 chefs called on the U.S. government to take action on seafood fraud and mis- labeling. Te chefs leaders Oceana in issuing a letter to government for traceability requirements for seafood. Chef Barton Seaver led the letter, which bears signatures of chefs from nearly all 50 states. Chefs Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud, Tomas Keller and Eric Ripert also KONA-KAILUA, Hawaii Kampachi project dubbed 'best invention' of 2012 Te Velella Mariculture Proj- ect was named one of Time magazine's "50 Best Inven- tions of 2012." Te project joined calling signed. "Seafood mislabeling is one of the most important issues currently facing the culinary industry," says Seav- er. "It's an honor to join this list of distinguished names in a plea for a nationwide traceability system that will not only help preserve ocean ecosystems for future genera- tions, but will also increase profits and keep illegal fish out of our restaurants." Oceana supports efforts to change the law requiring more pen far from shore, with phenomenal growth rates and superb fish health… and without any negative impact on water quality, the ocean floor, wild fish or marine mammals," Neil Anthony Sims, co-CEO of Kampa- chi Farms, said. Citing the growing global demand for omega-3-rich marine fish and flat wild fish catches, Time lauded the potential for an aquaculture method that has no discernible envi- ronmental impact. Submerged net pens could be the future of aquaculture. tested a form of open-ocean aquaculture, raising kam- pachi in a pen drifting on ocean currents 3 to 75 miles off the coast of the Big Is- land of Hawaii. Te project was PITTSBURGH StarKist CEO resigns After less than two years in the role, In-Soo Cho, presi- dent and CEO of StarKist, stepped down in late Octo- ber. Sam Hwi Lee was ap- pointed interim president, successfully completed in February. Te kampachi were fed a sustainable com- mercial diet that replaced a significant amount of fish- meal and fish oil with soy and other alternative agricul- tural proteins. No antibiot- ics, hormones or pesticides were used throughout the seven-month trial. "Te fish thrived in the research net effective Nov. 1. Lee has previously held executive posts with Nestle USA, the Dole Food Co. and Armour Foods Co. Lee will be based at the StarKist headquarters in Pittsburgh. Cho, who was former president of Pizza Hut Korea, succeeded Don- ald Binotto, who was ousted by StarKist's board in No- vember 2011. StarKist parent For updated NEWS, go to www.SeafoodSource.com (H.R. 6200), introduced by Representatives Edward Mar- key (D-Mass.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.). If enacted, the law would require full traceability for all seafood sold in America. In related news, Schenect- Chef Barton Seaver is rallying his colleagues to stamp out seafood fraud. traceability, such as the Safety and Fraud Enforcement for Seafood (SAFE Seafood) Act company Dongwon Group, based in Seoul, South Korea, has initiated a search for a permanent successor. SAN DIEGO Bumble Bee seeks answers for worker's accidental death Bumble Bee Foods President and CEO Chris Lischewski says the company is still in- vestigating the ady, N.Y.-based retailer Price Chopper commissioned an independent firm to test its stores' seafood, and found no signs of mislabeling. Ac- cording to the DNA testing lab Terion International of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., more than 150 randomly selected samples from 15 different fish product lines were submitted. accidental death of a worker on Oct. 11 at the company's Sante Fe Springs, Calif., facility. "At this point, it is still not clear how this could have hap- pened," Lischewski said in an open letter, posted on the company's website under the title "Bumble Bee Mourns Loss of Employee Jose Snap SHOTS Man fire seafood: Roger Mooking and Chef Renee Erickson prepared a summer cookout at the Local Roots Farm outside of Seattle with some of the Pacific Northwest's finest seafood for an episode of "Man Fire Food," which aired on the Cooking Channel on Nov. 13. Mooking visited Seattle and Duxbury, Mass., for his "Coast to Coast Cookout," which featured Pacific oysters, spot prawns, Dungeness crabs and then a trip to Island Creek Oysters on Cape Cod. December 2012 SeaFood Business 7 Melena." Melena, 62, a six- year employee, was found dead inside a pressure cooker. Police ruled out foul play, but Lischewski said it may be months before a formal inves- tigation can determine exact- ly how the incident happened. Te cooker, called a "retort" at the facility, is a cylindrical chamber about 38 feet long. Near the end of the canning process, the company uses the retorts to sterilize sealed cans of product before the fi- nal labeling process. Melena's job, Lischewski said, was to use a pallet jack to load 12 to 14 baskets of canned prod- uct, then remove them with a forklift. "Jose was a skilled operator and had worked with this equipment for many years," Lischewski wrote. Photo courtesy of Kampachi Farms Photo by Laura Lee Dobson