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MarinTrust updates guidance for latest version of its Chain of Custody certification

May 11, 2021 โ€” MarinTrust, the global marine ingredient standard for responsible supply (formerly IFFO RS), released updated guidance on 10 May for its Chain of Custody (CoC) Version 2 standard, which became effective as of 30 November, 2020.

In a press release, MarinTrust said it was extending the transition period โ€œset up to help certification bodies as well as all facilities certified under the former version (known as v1.1), understand how the revised MarinTrust Chain of Custody Standard would affect their business.โ€

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FRANCISCO ALDON: A decade on, and the marine ingredients industry standard continues to evolve

December 15, 2020 โ€” Francisco Aldon is the CEO of MarinTrust, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Now over 10 years old, the MarinTrust standard (formerly IFFO RS) is no longer the new kid on the block. Entering Version 3.0, the standard continues to improve to reflect both the growing demands of the industry and customers, ensuring integrity and traceability of marine ingredients from start (fisheries) to finish (feed plants, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and pet food sectors).  Having joined the standard at its birth, I know it has changed a lot and owes a great deal to all the stakeholders who have contributed to shaping it. The story goes on and the standard will continue to be a reflection of how the society is evolving.

The 2000s was a period of great excitement: free trade was becoming a tangible reality throughout the world. Globalization was on everyoneโ€™s lips and aquaculture was booming. There was a growing feeling that some guidance was needed, as peopleโ€™s welfare and the future of natural resources were at stake. The FAOโ€™s Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries, published in 1995, sent a decisive signal. MarinTrust was born from a need to reassure the aquaculture value chain about the origin and integrity of raw materials going into the production of fishmeal and fish oil. The industryโ€™s trade body, IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, took the lead in facilitating an industry and NGO Technical Committee with the aim to develop an independent third-party standard. The first plant got its certification in February 2010, and by the end of the year, around 30 plants were certified. At that time, the certification covered the assessment of the fisheries management, the supply and processing of only whole fish and the recognition of third-party certification programs such as GMP+, FEMAS, and IFIS. We moved further up the value chain with the launch of the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard in 2011, enabling the full traceability of certified marine ingredients from source to end user. This same year, we included by-products (heads, guts, and frames) as a new raw material source to produce certified marine ingredients, encouraging the responsible sourcing and utilization of this valuable ingredient, which otherwise would end up as waste.

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New version of MarinTrustโ€™s Chain of Custody certification introduced

September 2, 2020 โ€” MarinTrust, the global marine ingredient standard for responsible supply (formerly IFFO RS), has published a new version of its Chain of Custody, according to a 1 September announcement.

Effective from 30 November, when application process will begin, the latest MarinTrust Chain of Custody incorporates a variety of new features, including: audit technologies to source the origin of certified MarinTrust compliant marine ingredients; recognition of other standards (such as Global Food Safety Initiative-recognized) and regulatory authority standards; a new risk assessment framework; and new traceability system checks.

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