STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS AND MEASUREMENT CRITERIA

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STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS AND MEASUREMENT CRITERIA

• Dave Garforth Technical Director IFQC GLOBAL

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Objective

• Review the definition and terminology of
  Standards
• Review Standards choices with respect to your
  requirements and the available options

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What are Standards?

• The inch is a standard of measurement
• Money is a standard of exchange
• Words are standards of communication
• Octane numbers of gasoline are quality standards
• "No more than 1 shrinkage" is a performance
  standard

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Definition of A Standard

• "A prescribed set of rules, conditions, or
  requirements concerning definitions of terms
  classification of components specification of
  materials, performance, or operations
  delineation of procedures or measurement of
  quantity and quality in describing materials,
  products, systems, services, or practices."

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Simplified.....

• A standard is a requirement that is determined by
  a consensus of opinion of users
• prescribes the accepted and (theoretically) the
  best criteria for a product, process, test, or
  procedure. 

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Constructing Standards

• Principles and Objectives
• Protocols and Criteria
• Indicators of performance
• Minimum Standards (the bar) for indicators
• Measurement criteria

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Example using Shellfish Safety

• Principle deliver a safe product to the
  consumer
• Criteria Products shall not contain levels of
  natural contaminants that are harmful to human
  health
• Indicator - natural toxin levels
• Assessment Protocol- Every harvest batch?, Every
  week?, according to legal reference
• Controlled to what Standard- Legal limit e.g.
  0.6ug/g (MRL)
• To What Standard/method- testing by an approved
  laboratory
• Approval- accredited method and/or government
  appointed reference laboratory and method?

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Standards in Aquaculture

• Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA BAP)
• GlobalGAP
• Certified Quality Aquaculture Standards (eg CQS /
  CQM)
• Friend of the Sea
• Organic Standards
• ISO 14000
• Safe Quality Food (SQF)
• BRC Global Food Standard
• Emerging
• WWF Standards
• IFFO Feed Material Standards

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Pick Your Standard
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Delivering Additional Guarantees?

• Product /Process differentiation
• Organic
• Natural (additive free)
• Welfare
• Chemical Free
• Eco-label
• Provenance-National/Regional
• Brand awareness
• Know your Standards.....

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Implementing Standards?

• What is expected?
• Of Management Systems?
• Of workforce?
• Documentation?
• Record keeping?
• Audit inspection ? External and Internal
• Level of compliance
• Non conformances and corrective actions?
• Frequency of audit

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Quality Management Systems

• Formality -Implemented and documented
• Defined organisational roles and reporting
• Quality Policy
• Quality Objectives
• Formal measurement and reporting structure
• Internal audit function
• Non conformance and corrective actions
• Competent workforce training policy

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Food Safety

• Documented Food Safety Program based on legal
  requirements
• Pre-requisite Program
• Hygiene/Sanitation (structural)
• HACCP Systems
• Formal Review Process
• Competent staff
• Internal audit process
• Verification/Validation program
• Documentation and record keeping

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Traceability

• Legal Requirement in food businesses
• A component of Product Recall (legal)
• Important for delivering trust
• Integral part of Provenance
• Often a major component of Chain of Custody

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Fish Health and Welfare

• Documented Fish Health and Welfare Plan
• Protocols for key husbandry operations with
  welfare implications
• Protocols for fish treatment and administrations
• Documentation and record keeping
• Risk assessment for contaminants and residues

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Auditors

• Audit is the key tool for measuring compliance
  (both internal and external)
• Length of audit is site specific- size and
  complexity
• Scope of audit may vary from entire to specific
  area of application
• Auditors seek objective evidence
• Not intended to catch out the applicant
• Positive experience to demonstrate compliance

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Compliance

• Scoring or rating systems
• 100 compliance
• Most raise non conformances
• Critical
• Major
• Minor
• Most seek corrective actions within a specified
  timeframe

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Focus on Sustainability
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Social (environmental)

• Environmental Management Systems
• Environmental Policy
• Specific competences
• Baseline/Periodic Review
• Setting of objectives
• Formal reporting of performance
• Internal audit
• Non conformance and corrective actions

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Components of Environmental Performance

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• Benthic assessment
• Effluent discharge assessment
• Waste Reduction, Re-cycling
• Chemical Containment
• Emergency Response
• Prevention of Escapes
• Feed Sustainability
• Energy Management

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IFFO Code of Responsible Practice

• Allow IFFO members to demonstrate
• Responsible sourcing practices
• Differentiate their products from irresponsibly
  produced fishmeal and fish oil
• Encourage improvements in responsible practice
• Based on FAO Code of Responsible Fishing
  (responsible sourcing)

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Aboriginal Aquaculture Assn (AAA)

• Aboriginal Certification of Environmental
  Sustainability (ACES Program)
• A developing framework for Certification
• Human and eco-systems health is at its heart
• Based on the identification of appropriate
  performance indicators
• Measured through a framework of tools-
  regulation, Codes of Good Practice, Certification
  Standards
• Richard Harry, (Exec Director AAA)

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FAO Guidelines for Aqua Eco-Label

• The FAO guidelines on Aquaculture Certification
  consist of a report of 192 aspects.
• 3 pillars - environmental, consumers and
  communities.
• The key communication point of the guidelines is
  contained in the following statement
• Aquaculture Industry and Markets increasingly
  recognize that credible certification schemes
  have the potential to reassure buyers, retailers,
  consumers and civil society regarding these
  concerns and provide a further tool to support
  responsible and sustainable aquaculture

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FAO Criteria

• Food and Feed Safety
• Animal Health and Welfare
• Social Accountability
• Environmental

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FAO Criteria for Minimum Requirements
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Social Minimum Requirements
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Animal Health and Welfare
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Environmental
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In Summary when choosing a Standard for
certification

• Make an informed decision
• Scope Fitness for Purpose
• Does it Define your key needs?
• Does it offer the ability to differentiate?
• Does it allow opportunity for further Standards
  Integration?
• Effectiveness Communication?
• Opportunity in Adjusting Scope?
• Seek support and collaborate

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THANK YOU