This is simply not the case, folks. See my previous email.
Barbara Blakistone
Director, Technical and Regulatory Affairs
National Fisheries Institute
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu on behalf of Arni Petersen
Sent: Fri 3/10/2006 1:58 PM
To: Pamela Tom
Cc: Youm gun woong; Seafood HACCP Discussion List
Subject: Re: certification of organic or natural seafood
There may not be any "organic" labeled fish in the U.S. However in other
countries this is not the case.
Several seafood farms have launched organic raised fish in the last year
or so.
Examples are:
Organic farmed trout in Denmark (http://www.eco-aquafish.dk/?id=195,
http://www.eco-aquafish.dk/?id=197)
Organic farmed cod in the Shetland Islands (
http://www.graigfarm.co.uk/fishcod.htm )
Whether these farm raised fish are truly "organic" or not is to me
somewhat controversial. Maybe someone would comment on that?
Thanks for a good mailinglist!
Regards
Arni Petersen
North Carolina State University
Pamela Tom wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Youm gun woong wrote:
>
>
>
>>We are the seafood manufacturer(Imitation crab meat).
>>Is it possible for claim organic food in imitation
>>crab meat?
>>
>>
>
>*** Currently, no organic seafood labeling is permissible in California.
>
>*** Last year, Senate Bill 730 (authored by Jackie Speier) was passed and
>added to the California Health and Safety Code:
>
>110827. No aquaculture, fish, or seafood product, including, but not
>limited to, farmed and wild caught species, shall be labeled or
>represented as "organic" until formal organic certification standards have
>been developed and implemented by the United States Department of
>Agriculture's National Organic Program or the California Department of
>Food and Agriculture.
>
>Source:
>http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=hsc&group=110001-111000&file=110810-110959
>
>
>
>>One of our customer request of organic or natural
>>seafood certification for our product.
>>We also want to develop organic seafood product.
>>
>>How can we get a organic certification?
>>
>>
>
>*** Organic certification is not done at the processing or manufacturing
>level.
>
>
>
>
>>Is there anyone familiar with organic seafood
>>certification procedure?
>>Let me know the step for that.
>>
>>
>
>*** The National Organic Program of the US Department of Agriculture is in
>the process of trying to develop organic standards for aquacultured
>products. The "Interim Final Report of the Aquaculture Working Group for
>the Production and Handling of Organic Aquaculture Products (Winter 2006)"
>is available at:
>http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/TaskForces/AATFInterimFinalReport.pdf
>
>*** Public comments are due by April 10, 2006. Details on submitting
>comments are at:
>http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/TaskForces/AATFInterimaFinalReportPubComnt.pdf
>
>
>
>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:44:54 -0900
>From: Greg Peters <Petersg@arctic.net>
>To: woongku@yahoo.com
>Cc: seafood@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: Re: certification of organic or natural seafood
>
>It is my understanding that a wild caught fish can not be labelled as
>organic. You can get potentially get a MSC certification of sustainable
>fishery depending on the species of fish and the supplier.
>
>Greg Peters
>Alyeska Seafoods, Inc.
>
>
>*** Information regarding the Marine Stewardship Council (an independent
>non-profit organization that promotes responsible fishing practices) has a
>web site in English, French, Spanish, German and Swedish at:
>http://www.msc.org/
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Pamela Tom
>University of California
>Sea Grant Extension Program
>
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