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Third Party Certification

Third Party Certification. George Chamberlain President. FDA Salmonella Study Showed Contamination Can Begin at Farm .

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Third Party Certification

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  1. Third Party Certification George Chamberlain President

  2. FDA Salmonella Study Showed Contamination Can Begin at Farm “I want to thank you for your help in this project, particularly your help with contacts and introductions within the aquaculture industry.  I look forward to collaborating with you, GAA and ACC in the future.” Brett Koonse

  3. GAA Develops Standards for Best Aquaculture Practices Environmental Habitat, effluents, salinization Social Community rights Child labor and worker safety Food safety Salmonella and other pathogens Antibiotics, pesticides Traceability From pond to processed lot

  4. BAP Standards: Entire Production Chain Hatchery (in use) Farm (in use) Feed mill (in review) Processing (in use)

  5. Comprehensive Audits of Each Link in the Supply Chain

  6. Standards Development Process • Standards Oversight Committee • 4 NGOs • 4 Industry • 4 Academic/Policy • Technical committees • Stakeholders review • Continual revisions • Committed to compliance • FAO Guidelines for Aquaculture Certification • Global Food Safety Initiative

  7. Market Endorsement of BAP Certification • Participating groups include retail, food service, and distribution companies in US, Europe, and Japan • Examples include: • Wal-Mart • Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden) • Lyons Seafood • Igloo • The Cooperative

  8. Aquaculture Certification Council Manages certification process Training for evaluators of processing plants, farms, feed mills, and hatcheries Relationships with analytical labs Use of certification mark Traceability database Work in process Subcontracting ISO 65 certified inspectorates GFSI benchmarking

  9. BAP Certified Facilities Individual Facilities 75 processing plants 4 re-processing plants 50 farms 11 hatcheries Integrated operations 17 facilities are 2-3 stars

  10. BAP Certified Products Shrimp 382,000 mt of finished product 160,000 mt of shrimp is exported to the US 30% of shrimp consumed in US 130,000 mt also has certified farm Tilapia 65,000 mt of certified tilapia Channel Catfish In Process

  11. BAP Model for FDA Pilot Combine existing PROCESS inspections of supply chain with enhanced PRODUCT verification Feed Hatchery Farm Processing Traceability Market Food Safety Verification Certified, tested, and traced to market

  12. Benefits of Proposed Pilot • Preventative and risk based • Easily refined based on nonconformity and risk • Credible • Builds trust, stimulates trade • Reduces need for duplicate testing • Traceable history • Processors can share their confidential online track record with respective buyers • FDA can evaluate data summaries (not individual company data)

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