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List: Competent authorities for salmon

Effective 7 September 2022 to 30 March 2023

Countries and authorities approved for SOURCING

Country

Overseas Authority

Australia

  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Canada

  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Denmark

  • Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

(This Competent Authority is not responsible for export certification for goods exported from the Faroe Islands or Greenland).

New Zealand (Oncorhynchus spp. only)

  • Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

Norway

  • The Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Republic of Ireland

  • Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (An t-Údarás um ChosaintIascaighMhara)

United Kingdom

  • Scottish Executive, Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD)
  • Aberdeenshire Council Planning and Environmental Services
  • Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

United States of America

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seafood Inspection Program of the United States Department of Commerce (USDC)

Countries and authorities approved for PROCESSING (consumer-ready, insufficiently heat treated*)

Country

Overseas Authority

Canada

  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Denmark

  • Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

(This Overseas Authority is not responsible for export certification for goods exported from the Faroe Islands or Greenland)

Estonia

  • Estonian Agriculture and Food Board (AFB)

Germany

  • Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)

Latvia

  • Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Latvia (FVS)

Lithuania

  • State Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Lithuania (SFVS)

New Zealand (Oncorhynchus spp. only)

  • Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

Norway

  • The Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Philippines

  • Bureau of Animal Industry (Department of Agriculture)
  • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Quarantine Services (Department of Agriculture)
  • Department of Fisheries

Poland

  • General Veterinary Inspectorate

Republic of Ireland

  • Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (An t-Údarás um ChosaintIascaighMhara)

Sweden

  • National Food Agency of Sweden (NFA)

Thailand

  • Department of Fisheries (DOF)

United Kingdom

  • Scottish Executive, Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD)
  • Aberdeenshire Council Planning and Environmental Services
  • Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

United States of America

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seafood Inspection Program of the United States Department of Commerce (USDC)

Countries and authorities approved for PROCESSING (thermally processed products only)*
*Thermally treated is:

  • A minimum core temperature of 65°C for a minimum period of 30 minutes for salmon fillets, skin, or roe/caviar.

    OR

  • A minimum core temperature of 66°C for a minimum period of 40 minutes for eviscerated, head-on rainbow trout

Country

Overseas Authority

Canada

  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Denmark

  • Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

(This Competent Authority is not responsible for export certification for goods exported from the Faroe Islands or Greenland).

Estonia

  • Estonian Agriculture and Food Board (AFB)

Iceland

  • Matvælastofnun / Icelandic Food And Veterinary Authority (MAST)

Japan

  • Japan Foods Inspection Corporation (JFIC)

Latvia

  • Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Latvia (FVS)

Lithuania

  • State Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Lithuania (SFVS)

Norway

  • The Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Philippines

  • Bureau of Animal Industry (Department of Agriculture)
  • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Quarantine Services (Department of Agriculture)
  • Department of Fisheries

Poland

  • General Veterinary Inspectorate

Republic of Ireland

  • Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (An t-Údarás um ChosaintIascaighMhara)

Sweden

  • National Food Agency of Sweden (NFA)

Taiwan

  • Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection

Thailand

  • Department of Fisheries (DOF)

United Kingdom

  • Scottish Executive, Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD)
  • Aberdeenshire Council Planning and Environmental Services
  • Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

United States of America

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seafood Inspection Program of the United States Department of Commerce (USDC)