Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) processing plant standards have been benchmarked against the latest Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) food safety requirements.
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) BAP standards now align with GFSI Guidance Document Sixth Edition, an upgrade from the previous edition. In this edition, requirements for program management have been strengthened and the document has been expanded to cover primary production, processing and supporting activities more robustly.
The BAP seafood processing plant standards were originally benchmarked against GFSI Guidance Document Fifth Edition in June 2010.
“Being successfully re-benchmarked by GFSI is a testament that BAP-certified facilities meet the highest standards for food safety. BAP-certified facilities will be able to continue to meet the demands of seafood retailers and distributors requiring GFSI,” said GAA Executive Director Wally Stevens. “This rigorous process addresses not only food safety and the content of the standards, but also scheme governance.”
GFSI documents provide an internationally recognised benchmark against which any food-assurance standard can be measured.
