MSC Statement: How the MSC complies with FAO guidelines for non-discrimination
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Letters] June 8, 2015
Brian Perkins, MSC Regional Director Americas, has provided a statement in response to our June 4th Editor's View column: Its Time for the MSC to Reform its Commercial Model Where it is Corrupt .
The MSC program has been developed with fairness and non-discrimination at its core. We deeply reject suggestions to the contrary. MSC Standards are open, voluntary and fully compliant with FAO guidelines for the ecolabelling of fish – a consensus which has been confirmed in independent reviews by Accenture and WWF.
FAO guidelines for ecolabelling of fish:
The FAO guidelines for non-discrimination state that: “Access to the services of the certification body should be open to all types of fisheries... ” and “Access to certification should not be conditional upon the size or scale of the fishery nor should certification be conditional upon the number of fisheries already certified. ” This is absolutely the case with the MSC Standards.
MSC assessment is open to all types, sizes and scales of fishery from any country and organization. Any organization with procedures in place to ensure the integrity of the MSC supply chain can hold an MSC Chain of Custody ....
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MSC Statement: How the MSC complies with FAO guidelines for non-discrimination
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Letters] June 8, 2015
Brian Perkins, MSC Regional Director Americas, has provided a statement in response to our June 4th Editor's View column: Its Time for the MSC to Reform its Commercial Model Where it is Corrupt .
The MSC program has been developed with fairness and non-discrimination at its core. We deeply reject suggestions to the contrary. MSC Standards are open, voluntary and fully compliant with FAO guidelines for the ecolabelling of fish – a consensus which has been confirmed in independent reviews by Accenture and WWF.
FAO guidelines for ecolabelling of fish:
The FAO guidelines for non-discrimination state that: “Access to the services of the certification body should be open to all types of fisheries... ” and “Access to certification should not be conditional upon the size or scale of the fishery nor should certification be conditional upon the number of fisheries already certified. ” This is absolutely the case with the MSC Standards.
MSC assessment is open to all types, sizes and scales of fishery from any country and organization. Any organization with procedures in place to ensure the integrity of the MSC supply chain can hold an MSC Chain of Custody ....
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