Seafood has never been known to be among the pioneering proteins in the global case-ready segment. Yet, since its inception, and especially over the past decade, the industry has continued to make a name for itself in the category, according to packaging equipment innovation leader Harpak-ULMA, headquartered in Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“The U.S. meat industry has been doing case-ready for years, and the poultry industry has been doing this the same way. The seafood part has just started kicking in,” Harpak-ULMA Product Manager Hugh Crouch told SeafoodSource. “I think some of that was probably driven a lot, pre-Covid. But during Covid, it drove it even more, to the point where we can get fresh seafood everywhere in the nation, now.”…