FOOD SAFETY OF FISHERY AND

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS IN CHILE

Advances and challenges

National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service

Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism
November 2016
Administration of fishery and
aquaculture in Chile

Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism

National Fisheries
Under Secretariat of Fishery Development
and Aquaculture
Fishery Institute
Service
 Government agency

It is the competent authority in

sanitary, environmental,
aquaculture and fishery matters

Responsible of food
safety of aquaculture 150 veterinarian
and fishery products inspectors
for export

More than 900

employees
 SERNAPESCA’s Mission

Contribute to the sustainability of the fishery sector

and the protection of aquatic resources and their
environment through an integral overseeing program
and sanitary management to influence sectorial
behavior and promote compliance of regulations.
 The state of world fisheries and
aquaculture
• Oceans contribute significantly to food security and nutrition for a
global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050.

• World per capita fish supply: 20 kg in 2014, specially thanks to

growth in aquaculture.

• 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development: food security and nutrition
as to ensure sustainable development.
 Fishery and aquaculture activity in
Chile

Wild caught: 46.284 Health

1,78 million tons Certificates Total exports
350 Processing
1.237.585 tons
plants
Aquaculture: 46.738 Export (Mill.US$ 5.107)
1,14 million tons operations

Source: SERNAPESCA-IFOP, 2015

 Chile is amongst the
mayor producers in
aquaculture and marine
capture

Source: FAO 2016

Aquaculture in Chile
 Salmon farming: main features
 It is sustainable

 It is economically relevant to the country

 Creates jobs (30.000 direct and 43.000 indirect)

 Public-private collaboration

 Programs under official control throughout the chain

SERNAPESCA control programs are aimed at ensuring

food safety of Chilean salmon for export

Government of Chile | Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism | National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service
 Salmon production in Chile
3 species:
C -Atlantic Salmon
h -Rainbow trout
i -Coho salmon
l
o
é

Fresh Water
Sea Water

Sea sites are located in Chilean Patagonia

 Fish and fishery
products represent one
of the most-traded
segments of the world
food sector.

Sustained demand, globalization of food systems, improvement of

transportation and logistics, technological innovations, have modified
the way fishery products are processed and delivered.

Source: FAO 2016

 SERNAPESCA’s integral overseeing
program
• Management model born from
the integration of knowledge
and experience gained through
its workers.

• Complete and integrated vision,

which allows to direct and focus
the efforts to influence the
behavior of our users.
It includes:
 A continuous process of interpretation and enforcement of
regulation.
 An approach based on the risk of non-compliance that
prioritizes and optimizes use of resources.
 Integrated management of areas, processes, resources and
results.

Our institution has had a change of vision, all work and

efforts are integrated in the search for a sustainable system
 FOOD SAFETY
SERNAPESCA’s overlook
Scope
Ensure food safety of fishery and aquaculture products
for export.

Approach
 Food safety
 Compliance with importing countries requirements
 Issuance of veterinary certificates
 Communication protocols

How to achieve it?

 Programs for sanitary control of fishery products
 Registration of establishments
 Standardized inspection frecuency
 Network of offices throughout the country
 Quality Assurance Programs based on HACCP
 Network of laboratories
 International agreements
 Food safety controls for export

Controls in origin Vessels Processing Plants

Laboratories Compliance with international standards and certification

SERNAPESCA in action: contingency
situations
Use of pharmaceutical products in
aquaculture

General Fisheries and Sanitary Control of use in fish

Aquaculture Law: farming:
Regulations, D.S.
-Information: treatment -Use of registered or
declaration
N° 319/2001 authorised products
-Responsible use: -Diagnostics
prohibition of -Use under prescription
prophylactic use of a veterinarian
-Transparency:
publication of reports
 PISCICULTURE

Control of prohibited Annual official

substances+ sampling
unauthorized (SERNAPESCA)

WARRANTY
FARM STATEMENT

Control of
Sampling preharvest
Pharmaceutical
(industry)
Products
FACILITIES

Control of prohibited
substances+
unauthorized,
Monthly Official
Pharmacological
Verification
substances and
pollutants
2015 version
Manual of good practices in
the use of antimicrobials and
antiparasitic in Chilean
salmon farming
Sanitary Program for Bivalve Molluscs

The aim of this program is to maintain an opportune and

reliable information system to allow timely decision-making
regarding resources obtained from farming areas and natural
banks and to ensure the extraction of safe resources.
Red tide crisis: a learning oportunity
• Red tide work-table
Centralization of information and
coordination of SERNAPESCA’s
technical units.

• Red tide interinstitutional work-table

Health Ministry, SERNAPESCA, and
SUBPESCA. Integration of
information in a unique platform.

• Laboratory/PSMB work-table
Health Ministry and SERNAPESCA.
Allows to coordinately manage
contingency situations.
 Weekly sampling of
marine toxins

 Weekly or bimonthly
sampling of
phytoplankton
(qualitative and
quantitative)
Thank you for
your attention