 |
Commercial Fishingnews, events, and other information for the commercial fishing, aquaculture, and seafood industries |
 |
Article Categories
By
Published: June 8, 2010
Print
Email
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has added another link to its Best Aquaculture Practices certification program by completing BAP standards for feed mill certification.
The addition of the feed mill standards expands BAP certification to cover the full aquaculture production chain, from hatchery to processing plant. Feed manufacturers can now achieve BAP certification by contacting Best Aquaculture Practices Certification Management, formerly the Aquaculture Certification Council.
"In developing these new standards, GAA has not only addressed best practices for food safety within manufacturing plants, but also the sustainability of fishmeal supplies," GAA President George Chamberlain said.
source: GAA
The BAP program requires feed mills to develop plans to avoid unsustainable sources of raw materials and transition to fishmeal and fish oil from responsibly managed fisheries. By 2015, at least 50% of the fishmeal and fish oil derived from reduction fisheries and fishery by-products must come from approved certified sources.
BAP-certified feed mills must indicate a feed fish inclusion factor (FFIF) on product labels, packaging or other documentation that quantifies marine ingredient content for all aquaculture feeds. This allows farms to easily calculate fish in:fish out ratios simply by multiplying the inclusion factors by their feed-conversion ratios.
Submit Article
Published: June 8, 2010
Print
EmailThe Global Aquaculture Alliance has added another link to its Best Aquaculture Practices certification program by completing BAP standards for feed mill certification.
The addition of the feed mill standards expands BAP certification to cover the full aquaculture production chain, from hatchery to processing plant. Feed manufacturers can now achieve BAP certification by contacting Best Aquaculture Practices Certification Management, formerly the Aquaculture Certification Council.
"In developing these new standards, GAA has not only addressed best practices for food safety within manufacturing plants, but also the sustainability of fishmeal supplies," GAA President George Chamberlain said.
source: GAA
The BAP program requires feed mills to develop plans to avoid unsustainable sources of raw materials and transition to fishmeal and fish oil from responsibly managed fisheries. By 2015, at least 50% of the fishmeal and fish oil derived from reduction fisheries and fishery by-products must come from approved certified sources.
BAP-certified feed mills must indicate a feed fish inclusion factor (FFIF) on product labels, packaging or other documentation that quantifies marine ingredient content for all aquaculture feeds. This allows farms to easily calculate fish in:fish out ratios simply by multiplying the inclusion factors by their feed-conversion ratios.
Submit Article