Tassal has become Australia's first salmon producer to achieve full Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification at farm level.
The BAP standards address environmental and social responsibility, animal welfare, food safety and traceability in a voluntary certification program for aquaculture facilities including shrimp farms and hatcheries; salmon, tilapia, channel catfish and Pangasius farms; seafood processing plants and feed mills.
In certifying salmon farms, The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) considers factors including community relations; worker safety and employee relations; sediment and water quality; storage and disposal of farm supplies and biosecurity and disease management.
"We are extremely pleased to announce the certification of Tassal," said Peter Redmond, VP of Global Development for the GAA.
"We applaud the actions taken by Tassal and welcome it to the growing number of retailers and suppliers sourcing and supplying BAP products for their consumers in the Australian marketplace."