April 1, 2014 — The MSC last week announced it carried out a compliance audit to monitor the integrity of the Russian pollock supply chain.
Between October 2013 and February 2014, the MSC conducted a detailed reconciliation exercise on global sales and purchasing of MSC certified and “under MSC assessment fish” (UMAF) pollock. Under MSC’s UMAF requirements, some products harvested during a fishery assessment period may eventually be sold as “MSC” once the fishery is certified, subject to specific constraints. Through the collection of data on volumes of certified products bought and sold at different points along the supply chain, the MSC can verify whether UMAF procedures were followed correctly.
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