Due to concerns about the Japanese disaster, we sent several samples of our canned albacore tuna to be tested by an independent laboratory for radiation. The results show that any level present is lower than their instrument can detect. The method used was FDA WEAC.RN.Method3, and Gamma Spectrometer. Click on the links below to view …
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U.S. Seafood Safe and Unaffected by Radiation Contamination from Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Incident
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Quality Counts in Herbs Goblirsch’s Oregon’s Choice Gourmet Albacore
News-Times, Newport, OR, Wednesday, August 14, 1991 C3 By Steve Card Quality, not quantity is the motto Herb Goblirsch lives by when he pilots his fishing vessel, EZC out of Yaquina Bay in search of albacore tuna. The care used in handling and preserving the fish result in a difference you can taste, Goblirsch says, …
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Oregon’s premium albacore hooks a growing number of enthusiasts around the country
09/09/03 By BETH QUINN, Associaited Press CHARLESTON – Forget salmon. The Pacific Northwest fish that has the gourmet food world abuzz these days is albacore tuna — in a can, no less. Hand-caught, hand-filleted and hand-packed at microcanneries from Brookings to Astoria, premium canned albacore will account for 8 percent of Oregon’s 7 million-pound albacore …
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Fish during pregnancy may boost kids’ IQ
2/16/2007, 6:00 p.m. PT By MARIA CHENG The Associated Press LONDON (AP) Women who eat seafood while pregnant may be boosting their children’s IQ in the process, according to new research published Friday in The Lancet. The results of the study were surprising, say the authors, and contradict American and British recommendations that pregnant women …
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FYI – Healthy Nutrition Facts for Albacore Tuna
The nutritional facts on a pouch of Starkist’s best premium albacore proudly proclaims Omega-3 content of 450 mg. per 55 gram serving. Amazingly, our Oregon’s Choice Gourmet Albacore tested at 2450 mg. Omega-3 per 55 gram serving! How can this be that our albacore tested over five times the Omega-3 than the major store brand? …
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Oregon’s Choice Gourmet Albacore Earns Marine Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification
Small Oregon family fishing business achieves MSC traceability Sept. 16, 2008 (Otter Rock, OR) Oregons Choice Gourmet Albacore, an environmentally friendly, fisherman-owned small family seafood business, announced that their company received the coveted Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification on August 25, 2008. This certification ensures that Oregons Choice albacore tuna products are …
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Top-Tier Tuna
by Leslie Cole, The Oregonian Tuesday September 23, 2008, 12:05 AM The eat-local craze goes out to sea as consumers find Pacific albacore is meaty, delicious and packed with health benefits. Oregon’s best-kept food secret comes in a can and never met a lunchbox it didn’t like. It’s premium albacore tuna, caught by hook and …
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100 Things We Absolutely Love
The Oregonian, FoodDay by FOODday staff Tuesday January 06, 2009, 12:05 AM Every week, FOODday delivers a handful of pages filled with recipes, news, reviews, tips — whatever we thought interesting and useful enough for you to know about. But those pages are just the tip of the iceberg. Between everything we read, see, taste …
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Oregon’s premium albacore hooks a growing number of enthusiasts around the country
By BETH QUINN, Associaited Press CHARLESTON – Forget salmon. The Pacific Northwest fish that has the gourmet food world abuzz these days is albacore tuna — in a can, no less. Hand-caught, hand-filleted and hand-packed at microcanneries from Brookings to Astoria, premium canned albacore will account for 8 percent of Oregon’s 7 million-pound albacore catch …
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