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Marita Rasmussen, Managing, Director of the House of Industry Faroe Islands (left), Hjordis Gregersen, Havsbrún (right) (Photo: GLOBALGAP/FIS)
Feed Producer Certified by Food Certification International
(FAROE ISLANDS, 7/26/2010)
Feed producer Havsbrún has been certified with by Food Certification International in accordance with the new GLOBALG.A.P Standard for Compound Feed Manufacturers.
The launch of version 2.0 of its Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard is part of GLOBALG.A.P´s range of standards complementary to the Integrated Farm Assurance standard for livestock and aquaculture.
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Havsbrún's fish are pumped out of the vessel with state-of-the-art transfer equipment operated by our own professional reception crew
(Photo: Sigurs S. Poulsen)
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When it comes to the production of livestock and aquaculture species for human consumption, the production and sourcing of compound feed play a crucial role for food safety.
Therefore, the compliance with the requirement in GLOBALG.A.P’s Integrated Farm Assurance standards for livestock and aquaculture regarding quality assurance for production, supply and purchase of compound feed is essential for the producers.
In 2009 the activities of the responsible technical managers and the sector committees for agricultural livestock and aquaculture at GLOBALG.A.P focused on the development of the new version of the compound feed manufacturing standard.
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| Laksagrón 9 - 12 mm, Havsbrún's high energy salmon feed, contains Havsbrún's own fish meal and fish oil (Photo: Havsbrún) |
The experience and the commitment of specialists related to compound feed production helped to define the control points and the compliance criteria.
About GLOBALG.A.P
GLOBALG.A.P is a private sector body that sets voluntary standards for the certification of agricultural products around the globe. The GLOBALGAP standard is primarily designed to reassure consumers about how food is produced on the farm by minimizing detrimental environmental impacts of farming operations, reducing the use of chemical inputs and ensuring a responsible approach to worker health and safety as well as animal welfare.
About Havsbrún
Havsbrún is a modern, internationally renowned producer of fish meal, fish oil, and fish feed situated in the Faroe Islands.
Havsbrún was the first fish meal and fish oil factory in the world to produce fish feed. In Europe, Havsbrún is still the sole producer. Approximately 80 percent of the fish feed consist of fish meal and fish oil that is produced locally in Havsbrún’s own fish meal production plant.
Havsbrún is recognized as an international market leader with research and development focus and with its own quality assurance laboratory.
Coupled with their stringent quality assurance protocols, the exacting selection process of raw material ensures a finished product of the highest quality.
The quality assurance laboratory at Havsbrún maintains co-operative alliances with research institutions, both locally and internationally, thus assuring a constant flow of relevant, up-to-date knowledge that enables to produce the best products for the international market.
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| FCI's certification system provides product conformity certification through a range of approved schemes |
About FCI
FCI's competence and reputation has been built through experience in the farmed salmon and commercial fisheries sectors.
Today FCI has expanded its areas of competence to deal not only with the whole of the salmon farming chain, including organic production, from broodstock to finished fresh and smoked product but also to include other wild caught and farmed shellfish and finfish species as well as other food and environmental sectors.
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PO.BOX 81
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Fuglafjørður
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((FO- 530))
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Faroe Islands
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+298 41 44 60
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+298 41 44 01
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[email protected]
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