Return to MarinTrust’s Factory Standard, whose unit of certification is the facility producing marine ingredients, now operates under Version 3.
To help improve efficiency with audits and assessments, while also reducing duplications, MarinTrust recognises other Standards or Benchmark Tools, assessed against its own requirements as being credible, robust, and relevant:
- Programa de Aseguramiento de la Calidad (PAC) - is a Programme that offers licensing and approval for export to seafood businesses in Chile.
- The GMP+ Feed Safety Standard - is a standard for feed safety management systems for feed products and services.
- The Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS) - is a standard for all feed ingredients intended for direct feeding to animals or for inclusion in compound feeds and blends.
All three Programmes have been assessed by an appointed third party who demonstrated an extremely high level of equivalency to MarinTrust’s Factory Standard Version 3 (Good Manufacturing Practices, subsection 5.2-5.4) and clear justification for partial recognition status of each Programme.
Where there are gaps, these will be audited as part of MarinTrust’s audits. More details on the extent of equivalence are provided in the assessment results and recommendations reports, available at: https://www.marin-trust.com/marintrust-factory-standard/recognition-equivalence