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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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Aquaculture Production 2000 to 2013
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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 [email protected]
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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