Uruguay’s leading fish processor reacts to abusive “media offensive”

Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

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Uruguay’s leading and largest fish processing company Fripur S.A. claimed in full page ads in Montevideo’s newspapers that it is the victim of a “strong media offensive” that “irresponsibly” questions the way in which it processes products that are sold both in Uruguay and overseas. Read full article

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briton
All that fish, all that money, all that greed, why would the newspapers condem you, do you have something to hide . mmmmm
Feb 25th, 2011 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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mastershakejb
UK mad, lol
Feb 25th, 2011 - 04:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Fishes to the left,
fishes to the right,
sharks in front,
and on rode the 600 fishermen ??
Feb 25th, 2011 - 07:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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fornega
Mr Fernandez OWES millions of dollars to the State of Uruguay....that means he owes me and my fellow uruguayans....When is he going to pay us (me)...I demand
that he pays me....... why don't you talk about that subject. The matter of bad products is secondary.... that is the problem of the EU... they should have good quality controls..... or somebody is getting a piece of MY Action..
thank you
hope to get a comment (negative or positive it does not matter to me)
In 1990 the debt was US$ 60MM I wonder today.
Feb 26th, 2011 - 03:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard
On 11 January, the EU blocked Uruguayan squid shipment from Fripur S.A. because of high cadmium content, and sent a Rapid Sanitary Alert to the Uruguayan Government.

Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that can cause cancer, and the levels found in catch-samples taken straight from the sea were higher than allowed in the EU. Normally, Cd levels in squid caught by Fripur suppliers are low so there is a real mystery about where the pollution has come from.

This time, precautionary measures are only being taken against squid; other Uruguayan fish or sea food shipments to the European Union are OK.

But there is a history of EU action against Fripur – in 2007 Fripur exports to the EU were similarly banned, with $80m loss to the Uruguayan economy and a $46k fine to the company. The 2007 incident was a processing contamination problem, quite unlike this contamination where the squid have received their pollutants at sea.

There are further complications in that Fripur’s owner ‘bankrolls’ the President, and that the state Aquatic Resources Office has also been ‘in bed’ with Fripur.
Feb 26th, 2011 - 05:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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fornega
Agree, A.F. has always ridden on presidential cars since 1990 until now.
Is the only way to keep that debt under the cover.
Feb 27th, 2011 - 09:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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