If farmed aquatic species are certified "organic" in future, transformed
products from these species, for example, surimi, could be certified as
organic in the US? If imitation crab meat is prepared from this surimi,
this finished product can be labelled as "organic" in the US in the future?
I wonder how it could be considered currently in Europe? Someone raised
a question a few days ago about organic certification on imitation crab
meat.
Jin Moon Kim
Professor
School of Food Science and Technology
Southern Yangtze University
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On 3/13/06, Barbara Blakistone <bblakistone@nfi.org > wrote:
>
> No U.S.D.A. organic certification is permitted in the U.S. YET, but it
> will come soon. USDA does permit use of independent certifiers as long as
> their logo is on the package with a statment of organic certification. CA
> is an exception as you point out. If the food standardization law passes,
> CA will not be able to pre-empt federal regulations.
> Barbara Blakistone
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu on behalf of Pamela Tom
> Sent: Fri 3/10/2006 1:13 PM
> To: Youm gun woong
> Cc: Seafood HACCP Discussion List
> Subject: Re: certification of organic or natural seafood
>
>
>
> 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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