November 9, 2020 — The Gulf of Thailand’s mixed trawl fishery has become the first fishery improvement program (FIP) in the world adopted to the MarinTrust Improver Program, CP Foods said in a statement on 4 November.
The decision was made during a meeting of the MarinTrust governing body committee in October.
September 2, 2020 — MarinTrust, the global marine ingredient standard for responsible supply (formerly IFFO RS), has published a new version of its Chain of Custody, according to a 1 September announcement.
Effective from 30 November, when application process will begin, the latest MarinTrust Chain of Custody incorporates a variety of new features, including: audit technologies to source the origin of certified MarinTrust compliant marine ingredients; recognition of other standards (such as Global Food Safety Initiative-recognized) and regulatory authority standards; a new risk assessment framework; and new traceability system checks.
April 1, 2020 — MarinTrust is the new name for IFFO RS, the global marine ingredient standard for responsible supply, with the organization wanting the change to emphasize the value of trust for products sourced from certified production facilities, and thereby reinforce the industry’s reputation.
MarinTrust Executive Chair Libby Woodhatch told SeafoodSource that as well as giving the organization a name that can be understood by non-native English-speakers, the change provides some crucial distance between the certification program and IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organization.