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Integrated Farm Assurance Conference, Amsterdam 2004

Handout No 07, Per Johann Rotereng

Fjord Seafood, Norway of 7

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EUREPGAP – integrated aquaculture assurance standard

• The story of EurepGAP Certified Salmon

Per Johan Røttereng, DVM

Vice president Quality & Environment

Fjord Seafood ASA

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This story has 3 parts.

Part 1: Retailer and Supplier partner case studies

Ahold/A.Heijn and Fjord Seafood

Part 2: Involvement of EurepGAP to make a draft

Part 3: Stakeholders consultation





The roles and characters in this story:

- in order of appearance

Roles Characters1. The Atlantic salmon Playing himself

2. The customer focused seafood producer Fjord Seafood /FS Pieters3. The concerned retailer Royal Ahold/ A.Heijn4. The well organized EurepGAP org. Food Plus 5. The knowledgeable Certifying Body SGS

With great help in Part 3 from:6. Other stakeholders, like NGOs in several countries7. Other Major salmon producers: Nutreco, Panfish, Stolt Seafarm8. Other farmed fish than salmon9. Yourself and GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative)


The Atlantic Salmon: Life Cycle

Broodstock: Breedingon selected importantcharacteristics: growth,disease resistance,shape, colour etc.

Spawning and fertilisation: Eggs are stripped from females and mixedwith milt from male fish

Eyed eggs: After25-30 days fertilizedeggs show “eyes”The maturation isdependant on temperature.5000 eggs/litre

Alevins: Small (<2.5 cm), immaturelarvae with yolk sack providing first stage nutrition.When yolk sack is absorbedthe fish is transferred to start feeding

Fry/Parr: Start feeding of small fish is a criticalstage. Mortality ca 5% Temp: 12-14 ºC. Fish is growing in FW sites to around 80-100g (ca 12 months)Vaccination and grading is important. Gradual adaptation to life in seawater (smoltification)

Transfer to seawatersites by wellboat

On-growing in seawater sitesto around 4.5-5,0 kg (ca 12 months). Transport topacking station.

Slaughter, gutting and packing Secondary processing

The total production cycle takes ca 12 monthsin freshwater plus 14-18 months in seawater =In sum 26-30 months (in Norway)

Photos: EFF, Laksefakta, Fjord Seafood





USA: Sales,processing and distribution

Norway: Salmon farming, sales and processing

UK: Salmon farming and processing

Chile: Salmon farming, sales and processing

Spain:Sales and distribution

Italy:Sales and distribution

France:Processing, Sales distribution

Belgium:Processing, sales and distribution

Netherlands:

Processing, sales and distribution

Fjord Seafood ASA : 80 000 tons of SalmonA fully integrated global supplier


Part 1: 2001

Retailer and supplier Partner Case studies

“We deliver safe and healthy seafood.”

How can we meet customers concerns, today and in the future? Food safety, environment, animal welfare…… How to communicate?

Ahold/A.Heijn and Fjord Seafood work together

•Fjord Seafood Pieters, Brugge nov 2001





Part 2 : 2002 - 2003

Retailer and Supplier involve EurepGAP

•1. Develop an open salmon farming standard

- draft supply chain standard for farmed salmon:

Food safety, environment, OHS

- pilot auditing in Scotland & Norway with SGS

•2. Business to business initiatives go in parallel (not a part of EurepGAP):

- i.e. quality, logistics, customer communication …


EUREPGAP Farmed Fish - Draft• The technical working group, first meeting Aug 2002

Aldin Hilbrands - SGS

Kristian Möller, Valeska Weyman - Food Plus

Fons Schmid - Royal Ahold

Erwin R Steenbruggen,John Oosterhuis - A.Heijn

Anje Mattheeuws - Fjord Seafood Pieters

Steve Rex, Per Johan Røttereng - Fjord Seafood ASA

Several colleagues participated in different meetings.

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Part 2: 2002 -2003





The group studies the whole value-chain from egg to fork……

•Visiting freshwater farms in The cold winter of Norway

•Checking feed for the fry

•Visiting research institutions

•Auditing Salmon farms in Scotland


The group studies the whole value-chain from egg to fork……

•Logistics from Norway & Scotland

•Reportmeeting in Cologne, Rhein June 2003

•Traceability

•Testing Seafood in Belgium

•Photo: EFF

•Seasites in Norway





End of part 2:

EUREPGAP Farmed Fish –

Draft by Sept 2003The two new documents are

• 1. Integrated Farmed fish assurance standard

- after the model of EUREPGAP integrated farm assurance standard.

• 2. Salmonid species module

- Following the value chain for the salmonidsfrom egg to slaughtered fish.

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Last 12 months

Part 3: Stakeholders consultationsSeveral stakeholders have commented and made proposals for the draft

* NGOs like WWF and others* Leading fishfarming companies like Nutreco,

Stolt Seafarm and Panfish participated in twoworkshops in 2004.

* Other stakeholders like SQS and Certifying bodies* Your self





EUREPGAP Integrated Aquaculture Assurance”Today EurepGAP launched the new EurepGAP Integrated Aquaculture

Assurance Standard for the retail and food service market. This new

standard provides Aquaculture Farms and retailers with a set of criteria

for Good Aquaculture Practices.

The new standard follows the format of other EurepGAP codes, covering

the critical areas from record keeping, chemicals/medicines management,

worker health and safety and environmental and social issues.”

…….”The EurepGAP Aquaculture Assurance

Standard was developed in cooperation

with Ahold NL and Fjord Seafood Pieters

jointly with SGS at a first stage, and now

also with participation of Stolt Sea Farm,

Nutreco, Panfish and Scottish Quality Salmon.”

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•19. Oct 2004.


EUREPGAP Certified Salmon

• A safe and healthy product”From egg to fork”

• Enjoy your meal !

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