CEN/WS 008 - Traceability of fish products
Traceability of fish products
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Frequently Asked Questions
CEN/WS 008 is a Technical Committee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Traceability of fish products". This committee has published 2 standards.
CEN/WS 008 develops CEN standards in the area of C01 - Food products. Currently, there are 2 published standards from this technical committee.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Technical Committee (TC) in CEN is a group of experts responsible for developing international standards in a specific technical area. TCs are composed of national member body delegates and work through consensus to create standards that meet global industry needs. Each TC may have subcommittees (SCs) and working groups (WGs) for specialized topics.
This document specifies the information to be recorded in distribution chains in order to establish the
traceability of farmed fishery products.
It specifies how fishery products traded are to be identified and the information to be generated and held on
those products by each of the food businesses that physically trade them through the distribution chains.
It is applicable to the distribution for human consumption of farmed finfish and their products, from breeding
through to retailers or caterers. The CWA specify also data about ingredients brought in by processors and
producers.
Together with CWA 14660 and the technical specification on www.tracefish.org it provides a basis for
implementing chain traceability in the fish industry.
- Standardization document41 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies the information to be recorded in distribution chains in order to establish the
traceability of fishery products.
It specifies how fishery products traded are to be identified and the information to be generated and held
on those products by each of the food businesses that physically trade them through the distribution
chains.
It is applicable to the distribution for human consumption of captured finfish and their products, from
fishing vessels through to retailers or caterers.
- Standardization document36 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day