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*** JOB VACANCY ***

Inspection Programme Administrator

Based at Dochfour, an inspection programme administrator is required to assist with the company’s inspection and certification of the aquaculture, fisheries and food processing sectors.
The focus of the role will be to ensure the efficient and timely scheduling of on site audits by FCI’s inspection workforce and providing administrative support to the operation of the company’s inspection and reporting database.
Please send completed application form to arrive by Wednesday 11 August 2010 to:

Phyllis MacLean
Food Certification International Ltd.,
Findhorn House,Dochfour Business Centre,
Dochgarroch, Inverness, IV3 8GY, Scotland
Contact Phyllis MacLean

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*** New office for FCI in SPAIN ***

FCI now has a permanent presence in Spain with the opening in 2010 of a new office to develop FCI's services to the commercial fishing, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors in Spain and other Spanish speaking countries in South America.

Assessent and certification services are immediately available to the following standards:
- MSC Sustainable Fishing Standard
- MSC Chain of Custody Standard
- GlobalGAP Integrated Aquaculture Assurance Standard for salmonid species, shrimp, tilapia and pangasius.
- GlobalGAP Compound Feed Manufacturer Standard version 2 (March 2010)

FCI's Spanish presence is managed by Dr. Antonio Hervas Abad, an experienced fisheries biologist and MSC assessor.

If you are interested in any of the services provided by FCI please do not hesitate to contact Antonio at Antonio Hervas
or phone: +00 34 673 816 811

*** Nueva Oficina para FCI en España ***

FCI tiene ahora presencia permanente en España con la apertura en 2010 de una nueva oficina para desarrollar los servicios de FCI en el sector pesquero, acuícola y de procesado de productos marinos en España y países de habla Española en Sudamérica.

Los servicios de certificación y evaluación disponibles de forma inmediata incluyen:
- Estándar de Pesquerías Sostenibles MSC
- Estándar de Cadena de Custodia MSC
- Estándar GlobalGAP para el aseguramiento integrado de la acuicultura de salmónidos, camarones, tilapia y pangasius
- Estándar GlobalGAP para Fabricantes de Piensos Compuestos (FPC)-versión 2 (Marzo, 2010)

La presencia de FCI en España está dirigida por Dr. Antonio Hervás Abad, quien cuenta con una gran experiencia como biólogo pesquero y como experto para la evaluación pesquerías sobre el estándar medioambiental MSC.

Si estuvieras interesado en los servicios prestados por FCI, por favor no dude en ponerse en contacto con Antonio en: Antonio Hervas o llamando al: +00 34 673 816 811


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Food Certification International Ltd is an independent, accredited inspection and certification body specialising in the food sector and in particular our area of specialisation within the aquaculture, commercial fisheries and seafood processing sectors worldwide.

The company is committed to assisting food producers and processors deliver assurance on these issues to consumers through the provision of independent inspection and certification of quality assurance and product certification standards.

The additional quality, provenance, safety, environmental and traceability guarantees which independent certification provides enhances retailer and consumer confidence and allows producers and processors to meet ever stricter consumer demands in order to compete effectively in today’s demanding marketplace.

We are particularly proud of FCI's ability to provide inspection and certification across a broad range of standards relevant to the aquaculture, fisheries and seafood processing sectors and thereby provide a competitive, efficient and cost effective 'one stop shop' service to producers and processors whatever their location.

Our web site aims to give you some insight into the services we can provide. If you are a primary producer or processor interested in gaining approval to one or more of the following standards or if you would like to enquire or discuss in more detail any of these services or Standards please do not hesitate to contact me directly:

Aquaculture
GlobalGAP Integrated Aquaculture Assurance for salmonids, shrimp, tilapia and pangasius
Code of Good Practice for Scottish Fin Fish Aquaculture (CoGP)
Product Certification Scheme for Label Rouge Scottish Farmed Salmon (LR)
Product Certification Scheme for Salmon Smolts
Protected Geographic Indication for Scottish Farmed Salmon (PGI)
Soil Association Organic Farmed Fish Standards (SA)
Third party inspection of aquaculture operations

Commercial Fisheries
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Sustainable Fishing Standard
Marine Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Standard (MSC CoC)

Compound Animal Feed
GlobalGAP Compound Feed Manufacturer Standard v2 (March 2010)

Processing
British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety v5

Martin Gill
Managing Director