Brussels, 9 November 2018

ESSA's European Guide to Good Practice for Smoked and/or Salted and/or Marinated Fish

The European Salmon Smokers Association’s (ESSA) European Guide to Good Practice for Smoked and/or Salted and/or Marinated Fish (hereafter ‘the Guide’) has been published by the European Commission on their Guidance Platform. The Guide was endorsed by the EU Member States in the meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF) on 3 July 2018, in Brussels.

The Guide was developed with the following objectives:

• Create a tool for all European fish smokers to have best practices and information for the production of safe products.
• Cover the requirements set by the current European regulations and Codex Alimentarius.
• Provide consumers with accurate and truthful information about the nature of the product they are consuming.

The Guide was endorsed by the EU Member States in the meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed of 3 July 2018.

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