Rancho Dominguez, CA – In addition to being the first and only seafood company in the U.S. to achieve both the internationally recognized FSSC 22000 certification for food safety management systems and the ISO 14001 certification for environmental management programs, Santa Monica Seafood announced it has just received Best Aquaculture Practices (“BAP”) certification for its Rancho Dominguez, California facility.
Roger O’Brien, CEO, indicated, “Our recently refurbished and expanded 120,000 square foot Rancho Dominguez main processing facility is now a BAP certified processing plant for repacking salmon and tilapia products. We are proud to be 1 of only 14 seafood plants in the U.S. that are BAP certified as a repacking plant.”
The BAP program is the world’s most comprehensive third-party certification system for aquaculture facilities, addressing every key element of responsible aquaculture, including environmental responsibility, social responsibility, food safety, animal welfare, traceability and more. BAP standards encompass the entire aquaculture production chain, including farms, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills. O’Brien indicated that while the Global Aquaculture Alliance issues 1 to 4 star BAP certifications, Santa Monica Seafood qualifies for certification only as a processing plant, as it has no farm, hatchery or feed mill operations.
ABOUT SANTA MONICA SEAFOOD
Santa Monica Seafood, as a family-owned and operated company for the past 77 years, is the largest specialty wholesale distributor of fresh and frozen seafood in the southwestern U.S. with its corporate offices and main processing facility located in Rancho Dominguez, California, along with 7 additional seafood processing and distribution facilities in California, Arizona and Nevada. Santa Monica Seafood also owns and operates two retail stores – in Santa Monica and Costa Mesa, CA – which specialize in seafood and seafood related products.
Source: Santa Monica Seafood
