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Published: January 29, 2009
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The growing list of over 200 aquaculture facilities certified to the Best Aquaculture Practices standards around the world now includes facilities that raise and process tilapia and channel catfish.
In early January, Elite Seafood's operation in Beihai, Guangxi Province, China, became the first tilapia farm to complete BAP certification. A leader in tilapia farming, Elite Seafood raises its fish in cages. The tilapia are processed in the company's state-of-the-art Beihai Beilian Frozen Foods Industry plant, which is also BAP-certified. The tilapia can be traced back to the farm operations using the Trace Register traceability component of the BAP certification.
Jason Carter, marketing manager at Elite Seafood, said that by implementing BAP standards, "we can better meet the important social and environmental demands of our customers and the growing market for wholesome seafood produced in adherence to thorough and strict standards."
The farm and plant operations of Harvest Select Catfish in the southern United States were certified January 9. Their certifications also pushed the total for BAP-certified facilities over the 200 mark.
Harvest Select Catfish is one of the largest vertically integrated, privately owned catfish processors in the U.S. Founded in 1991, it has farms in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, with processing facilities in Uniontown, Alabama, and Eudora, Arkansas. The company currently processes over 360 metric tons of catfish weekly.
"One of the commitments we made during our reorganization was to make sure we had the processes in place to qualify for the BAP certification," Harvest Select President Randy Rhodes said. "This is another aspect of our quality story -- from the very finest fingerlings to our processing to our packaging -- that defines Harvest Select."
source: BAP News
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Published: January 29, 2009
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EmailThe growing list of over 200 aquaculture facilities certified to the Best Aquaculture Practices standards around the world now includes facilities that raise and process tilapia and channel catfish.
In early January, Elite Seafood's operation in Beihai, Guangxi Province, China, became the first tilapia farm to complete BAP certification. A leader in tilapia farming, Elite Seafood raises its fish in cages. The tilapia are processed in the company's state-of-the-art Beihai Beilian Frozen Foods Industry plant, which is also BAP-certified. The tilapia can be traced back to the farm operations using the Trace Register traceability component of the BAP certification.
Jason Carter, marketing manager at Elite Seafood, said that by implementing BAP standards, "we can better meet the important social and environmental demands of our customers and the growing market for wholesome seafood produced in adherence to thorough and strict standards."
The farm and plant operations of Harvest Select Catfish in the southern United States were certified January 9. Their certifications also pushed the total for BAP-certified facilities over the 200 mark.
Harvest Select Catfish is one of the largest vertically integrated, privately owned catfish processors in the U.S. Founded in 1991, it has farms in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, with processing facilities in Uniontown, Alabama, and Eudora, Arkansas. The company currently processes over 360 metric tons of catfish weekly.
"One of the commitments we made during our reorganization was to make sure we had the processes in place to qualify for the BAP certification," Harvest Select President Randy Rhodes said. "This is another aspect of our quality story -- from the very finest fingerlings to our processing to our packaging -- that defines Harvest Select."
source: BAP News
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