What Does the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Standard Cover?

What is the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Standard?

The GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture standard sets principles for food safety, animal welfare, worker health and safety, environment and ecosystem care, and legal compliance. It applies to crustaceans, molluscs, and all finfish species through its aquaculture module. Scope runs across farming, processing, harvest, broodstock, juveniles, feed suppliers, and the full production chain.

Aquaculture producers also require feed from trusted suppliers, produced under integrated aquaculture hatchery practice. You need to select a country with a GLOBALG.A.P. database entry.

The standard's integrity model keeps your product's status transparent and verifiable across the full production and supply chain, from farm to retailer. For more information on GLOBALG.A.P., contact Sistem Patent Kalite.

The GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Aquaculture standard is a globally recognised standard that assures product safety in primary production and sustains farming practices over time. Managing the standard and integrating a second chain brings good agricultural practice to the partnership. In 2011 the final version, Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA), was released. All farming practices were brought under a general module, structured as a set of different modules built on a common base (the aquaculture base). The farming-base module can be applied for molluscs, crustaceans, and all finfish. Since the standard began covering certified product from all farming stages, raw products such as broodstock, eggs, and juvenile fish are brought into the production process. These products are processed under the same traceability requirements as the finished item.

GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture IFA also connects through to GFSI-benchmarked food-safety standards such as BRC and IFS across the full supply chain. The IFA Aquaculture standard focuses on:

• Consumer and farmer health and safety
• Traceability of production and product records
• Chemical and medicinal inputs
• Animal welfare
• Use of quality resources
• Environment
• Compliance with international and local regulations

For trade, collection, transport, storage, and processing, the GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody (CoC) supports voluntary production: products are offered for sale in a closed loop from the farm, and legal title to the product is verified by an independent party. The traceability coverage extends to the final consumer and the point of sale. The standard requires identification to prevent mixing of certified and uncertified fish. With GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Aquaculture approval, producers meet rising consumer demand for safe and sustainable seafood, provide a trusted intermediary for retailers, and sustain food and supplier transparency.