US Foods Holding Corp., Rosemont, Ill., launched its 2018 Spring Scoop, highlighting 26 new products from the company's Serve Good program.

Albertsons Cos., Boise, Idaho, partnered with Trace Register, a Seattle, Wash.-based provider of supply chain seafood traceability solutions, to help the retailer fulfill its Responsible Seafood Policy and Commitments.

Blue Star Foods, Doral, Fla., introduced what is dubbed as the first-ever “scan on demand” QR code-enabled verifiable traceability application for seafood.

Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, acquired Pacifico Aquaculture, a provider of sustainable ocean-raised aquaculture.

Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), Arlington, Va., launched its Seafood in Schools pilot project, which provides teachers nationwide with a grant and supplies to bring tabletop fish and garden aquaponics systems into the classroom.

A survey found that consumers want to know where their seafood is coming from and that it was sourced responsibly, according to a June 2017 Cargill Feed4Thought consumer survey, produced by Cargill, Minneapolis.