Inverness-based Food Certification International (FCI) has become the first certification body in the world to complete the process of accreditation to extend its scope of operation to cover the new GlobalG.A.P. Version 4 Aquaculture Standard.
Date:
Thu, 06 Oct 2011
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The formal accreditation, just approved by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), means FCI is now able to provide accredited certification services against the new standard for an increased range of aquaculture species included within the finfish, molluscs and crustacean scopes.
The ability to cover this standard will be further enhanced by FCI's recent award of accreditation to inspect and certify aquaculture feed production plants against the GlobalG.A.P Compound Feed Manufacturers v 2 standard.
FCI was the first European-based certification body to be awarded this accreditation.
Effectively, the Inverness firm is now in the position to further expand its range and distribution of services to new markets and, in particular, provide a complementary service to a wide range of aquaculture producers and their compound feed suppliers.
Already, FCI has gained a number of new clients in Turkey for the farming of sea bass, the Faroe Islands for salmon and in Suriname for the production of farmed shrimp.
Martin Gill, FCI managing director, said: "We are delighted to have become the first certification body in the world to be accredited to the GlobalG.A.P. Version 4 standard.
"It greatly extends our scope of services to the aquaculture sector, which is great news for the industry. It is vital that the aquaculture companies underline their responsible practices through the achievement of such recognised standards."
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