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Private standards in fisheries and aquaculture: Current practice and emerging issues

Year of publication 2009

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 75 p.

Author Washington, S.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title GLOBEFISH Research Programme

Series number Vol. 97

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper sketches current practice in the application of private standards for food safety and quality in fisheries and aquaculture. It discusses the opportunities and challenges for the various stakeholders in the fish and seafood supply chain, with specific reference to the challenges faced by developing countries. It examines the relationship between private standards and public frameworks for food safety, and their impacts on international trade. It questions whether private standards are adding value to global food safety governance. The paper concludes that as private standards become increasingly important in global food safety governance and in international trade in fish and seafood products, international action will be required to ensure further harmonization and mutual recognition between various public regulatory frameworks and between public and private standards, so as to ensure that all standards are non-discriminatory and are consistent with the rules for internation al trade.

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Sally Washington.; PRIVATE STANDARDS IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE: CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING ISSUES GLOBEFISH Research Programme, Vol.97. Rome, FAO. 2008. p. 64

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