IN BRIEF - First African retailer commits to sustainable seafood
(SOUTH AFRICA, 10/12/2011)
Availability of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified seafood is set to increase on South African retail shelves following the announcement on 10 October by Pick n Pay that they intend to sell only sustainable products across their entire fresh, frozen and canned seafood range, by the end of 2015.
Pick n Pay becomes the first African retailer to follow the growing international trend by making a formal commitment to source only from sustainable fisheries, thereby transforming their seafood operations. South Africa’s second largest retailer already currently stocks a variety of frozen South African hake products bearing the globally ...
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