Aquaculture Fish Food Safety

EU Exports

17 SEPTEMBER 2015

JOHN FOORD

Introduction

• Fisheries structure & Stakeholders

• Marine aquaculture operations

• Production

• Monitoring and control

• Required tests, sampling frequency & regulatory limits

• South African legislation

• European Union Legislation

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Branch Fisheries

Fisheries Management

CD: Aquaculture & Economic

Development

D: Aquaculture Technical Services

D: Sustainable Aquaculture

Management

D: Socio-Economic

Development

CD: Monitoring, Control &

Surveillance

CD: Marine Resources

Management

D: Offshore & High Seas Fisheries

D: Small Scale Fisheries

D: Inshore Fisheries

Management

CD: Fisheries Research &

Development

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Stakeholders

• National Regulator for Compulsory Specification (NRCS)

• Department of Health (DoH) & Municipalities

• Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)

• Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI)

• South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Lab

• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Lab

• Swift Silliker Lab

• Fish and Fishery Industry

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Molluscan Shellfish Operations

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Marine Finfish Operations

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Monitoring and Surveillance

Production

• DAFF:

• Food Safety Assurances

• Animal Health Assurances

Local market

• Local Health Authorities:

• Issue Certificate of Acceptability

• Monitoring of local retail sector

Export

• NRCS:

• HACCP certification

• Monitoring of Wild catch

• Issue Health Guarantees

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DAFF Programme Implementation

• Ensure that Competent Authority structures and required legislation in place

• Monitoring and control in terms of permit conditions (MRLA 18 of 1998)

• Official sampling of production facilities

• Real time monitoring of phytoplankton in each production region

• The control of public health emergencies include:

• Labelling and traceability

• Recall procedures

• Implementation of contingency measures for contaminated products

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Molluscan Shellfish Production Areas

• Production facilities demarcated and boundary coordinates fixed

• Inlet and outlet coordinates fixed – where relevant

• Production areas classified as A, B or C

• Class A: direct human consumption

• Class B: human consumption after treatment in purification centre or relaying

• Class C: human consumption after relaying over a long period

• No production allowed from unclassified areas

• Classification based on E. coli indicators using the ISO 16649-3 method

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Harvesting of Shellfish

• Movement document used when transporting batches to an FPE

• The documents must be properly completed

• Once harvested do not immerse in water that introduces contamination

• Protect shellfish from crushing, abrasion or vibration

• Do not expose shellfish to extreme temperatures

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Required Tests

• Marine biotoxins

• Microbiological contaminants

• Heavy metals

• Pesticide residues

• Polychlorinated biphenyls

• Dioxin-like PCB

• Non-dioxin-like PCBs

• Radionuclides

• Dioxins

• Furans

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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Required Tests cont’d

• Drug residues

• Antibiotics

• Anthelminthics

• Stilbenes

• Steroids

• Banned Substances

• Dyes

• Mycotoxins

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Biotoxin Regulatory Limits (CSIR)

Biotoxin regulatory limits are as follows:

• PSP toxins 0.8 mg PSP/Kg edible flesh

• ASP toxins 20 mg DA/kg edible flesh

• Lipophilic toxins

Okadaic acid, PTX & DTX 0.16 mg/kg

YTX 8 mg/kg

AZA 0.16 mg/kg

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Microbiological Tests

Microbiological regulatory limits are as follows:

• E. coli 230/100g edible flesh

• Salmonella Absent

• Vibrio cholerae Absent

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus Absent

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Hazardous substances - Annually

• Heavy Metals:

Lead 1.5 mg/kg

Mercury 0.5 mg/kg

Cadmium 1.0 mg/kg

Inorganic and total Arsenic -

• Pesticide residues 0.05 mg/kg (RSA)

• Polychlorinated Biphenyls 0.02 mg/kg (RSA)

• Dioxin and Dioxin-like PCB 8 pg/kg

• Dioxin-like PCB 2.5 pg/kg

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Hazardous substances Cont’d

• Dioxins 4.0 pg/kg

• Furans -

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) 5.0 µg/kg

• Radionuclides (every 3 yrs) 600 Bq/kg

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South African Legislation

• Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)

• Foodstuffs, Disinfectants and Cosmetics Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972) and

relevant regulations

• Health Act, 1977 (Act No. 63 of 1977)

• National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008 (Act No. 5 of 2008)

• Manufacture, Production, Processing and Treatment of Canned Fish

• Frozen Fish, Frozen Marine Molluscs and Products

• Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No.117 of 1998)

• Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)

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EU Regulations Specific to Molluscs

• Regulation (EC) 852/2004: General hygiene rules for foodstuffs

• Regulation (EC) 853/2004: Specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin

• Regulation (EC) 854/2004: Organisation of official controls

• Regulation (EC) 1881/2006: Maximum levels of certain contaminants

• Directive 2006/113/EC: Shellfish waters quality requirements

• Regulation (EC) 2073/2005: Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs

• Few issues is covered by Regulation 1162/2009

• Regulation (EC) 2074/2005: Laboratory methods for certain products

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EU Regulations Specific to feed

• Regulation (EC) 186/2015: Max levels of contaminants in feed

• Regulation (EC) 754/2014: Feed Additives

• Regulation (EC) 744/2012: Limits in feed

• Regulation (EC) 278/2012: Determination of dioxins & PCBs in feed

• Regulation (EC) 277/2012: Thresholds of dioxins and PCBs in feed

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EU Regulations Specific to Residues & Disease

• Regulation (EC) 595/2015: Pesticide monitoring

• Regulation (EC) 589/2014: Sampling & Analysis for Dioxins and PCB

• Regulation (EC) 488/2014: Cadmium in Foodstuffs

• Regulation (EC) 22/2014: Fish Disease monitoring

• Regulation (EC) 252/2012: Dioxin like PCB, PCB & Dioxin Sampling & Analysis

• Regulation (EC) 31/2012: Diseases in Fish

• Regulation (EC) 16/2012: Frozen Foods

• Regulation (EC) 1259/2011: Dioxin monitoring

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Schedule For Biotoxin Testing

Toxin West of Cape Point East of Cape Point

Filter Feeders Non-Filter Feeders

Filter Feeders Non-Filter Feeders

PSP toxins Twice a week Twice a month Monthly Monthly

DSP toxins Weekly Monthly Twice a month Monthly

ASP toxins Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly

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Service Catalogue

Service Clients: Public, government departments and marine aquaculture farmers

Service Objective: To monitor compliance in terms of food safety and quality standards for

aquacultured marine shellfish and finfish

Access: Walk-in at Sea Point Research Facility, Beach Road, Sea Point, Mr Mayizole

Majangaza or Mr John Foord, Tel: 021 430 7065 /7003 or Fax: 021 434 2144

Walk-in at Harvest House, 30 Hamilton street, Arcadia, Pretoria, Portia Dwane,

Tel: 012 319 6397

Information: Website: www.daff.gov.za or electronic enquiries at Aquaculture@daff.gov.za

Complaints

mechanism:

Completion of customer satisfaction forms, Director: Sustainable Aquaculture

Management, Tel 021 402 3108

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Monitoring of Production & Processing Facilities

Facilities monitored ito Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998):

• Apply for a Right to Engage in mariculture or harvest from the wild

• Apply for a permit for specific activities:

Fish Processing Establishments including vessels

Holding brood stock

Hatchery

Cultivation of specific species

Transport

Permit conditions requires facilities to comply with food safety programmes

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Aquaculture Food Safety Vision

Have a dynamic enthusiastic expert team that develops and

implements state of the art programmes in collaboration with key

stakeholders and the support of the industry to ensure that

aquacultured fish are safe for human consumption and thus assist

with the development of the industry

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