Food safety controls from farm to table with emphasis on aquaculture shrimp in Thailand

摘要

The Department of Fisheries in Thailand has adopted an Action Plan on Food Safety from Farm to Fork to ensure that shrimp and shrimp products are safe and comply with national and international standards. In addition to that, procedures (including good aquaculture practices, good manufacturing practices and hazard analysis critical control point systems) have been improved in all sectors of the food supply chain. This includes: -Good aquaculture practices at hatcheries and nurseries; -Good aquaculture practices at farm level; -Good practices for feed/drug and chemical suppliers; -Good practices for harvesting, marketing and processing; -Good manufacturing practices and hazard analysis critical control point systems at processing level; -Import and export controls Main activities involve registration, training, technical assistance, follow up, monitoring and control of production standards, sampling, approval and certification procedures and controls for imports and exports.