Farms and companies that meet ASC’s farm or the MSC Chain of Custody standard are eligible to become certified. Independent conformity assessment bodies (CAB) assess if they comply with the Standards and monitors the certified farms and companies on an on-going basis.
CABs can (temporarily) suspend or (permanently) withdraw a Farm or Chain of Custody certificate if it is determined that a certified entity no longer adheres to the applicable standard(s).
A similar principle applies to companies that have signed an ASC logo licensing agreement. If it is determined that a company does not adhere to the logo licensing terms and conditions, the agreement can be suspended or terminated.
Farm certificate suspension
The farms that have had their Farm certificate suspended can be found through the Certified Farm Search by filtering on ‘Status’ and selecting ‘Suspended’.
Farm Certificates can have one of the following statuses:
- In assessment – a farm is in its initial audit process. No certificate has been issued yet.
- Certified- The farm has an active certificate
- Cancelled- The certificate holder has decided to leave the program and cancel their certificate or initial audit
- Suspended- The CAB has temporarily suspended the farm certificate because of compliance or administrative reasons
- Withdrawn- The CAB has ended a certificate indefinitely because of compliance or administrative reasons. To become certified again the farm has to undergo the initial audit process anew.
- Expired- The farm had a certificate that is no longer valid and decided not to go for a recertification
Chain of Custody certificate suspension
The companies that have had their Chain of Custody certificate suspended can be found through the Supplier Search by filtering on ‘Status’ and selecting ‘Suspended’.
List of suspended farms and companies
The farms and companies that have had their Farm certificate, Chain of certificate or their logo licensing agreement suspended can also be found in the below table. Please note that the table is updated on a weekly basis. Information may therefore be out-of-date. For the most recent information, please refer to our Farm Search and Supplier Search.
| Company Name | Company or Farm certificate, Chain of Custody certificate and/or ASC Logo License | Suspension of Farm Certificate by CAB | Suspension of Chain of Custody Certificate by CAB | Suspension or termination of Logo Licence Agreement | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGOC TRI SEAFOOD JOINT STOCK COMPANY | ASC-C-00474 | 27-Jul-20 | Failure to provide requested information in the time specified. | ||
| SOCIEDAD COMERCIAL FARIOS DEL RO PEDREGOSO LIMITADA | ASC-C-02558 | 15-Jul-20 | Contractual or administrative reasons | ||
| AN MY FISH JOINT STOCK COMPANY | ASC-C-00230 | 07-Jul-20 | non-compliance with ASCI instructions | ||
| Tai Kim Anh Seafood Joint Stock Corporation | ASC-C-00780 | 06-Jul-20 | breach of clauses 1.a and 1.c of annex 3 to LLA | ||
| Fassler Gourmet | ASC-C-00663 | 09-Jun-20 | non compliance with the turnover declaration request | ||
| Minh Phu Hau Giang Seafood Corporation | ASC-C-00452 | 03-Jul-20 | 20-Apr-20 | Has sold non-conforming products and hasn't reported the detection of any non-conforming products in due time in line with the Logo Licence Agreement | |
| Lezita Balik A.Ş. | ASC-C-01756 | 15-Apr-20 | The client does not agree to allow the CAB to hold an audit within the requiredtimeframe specified | ||
| JOO LEE IMPORT & EXPORT CO.SDN BHD | ASC-C-01916 | 01-Apr-20 | The client has sold products as certified (or under-assessment) which are shown not to be certified (or under assessment) | ||
| Amfish BV | ASC-C-00223 | 24-Mar-20 | non compliance with the turnover declaration request | ||
| PESCADOS OLIVER SL | ASC-C-02290 | 05-Mar-20 | 05-Mar-20 | "Demonstrable breakdown in the Coc caused by the client's actions or inaction" | |
| SOCIEDAD COMERCIAL FARIOS DEL RO PEDREGOSO LIMITADA | ASC-C-02558 | 01-Mar-20 | contractual administrative reasons | ||
| Nha Trang Seaproduct Company | ASC-C-00609 | 25-Nov-19 | 25-Nov-19 | Suspension of the Logo Licence Agreement (3 sites: F17, F90 and F394), partial suspension of the CoC multi-site certificate (CoC of site F17 has been suspended but certificate of F90 and F394 remains valid). Cause of CoC suspension: the client has sold products as certified, which are shown not to be certified (residues of antibiotics were detected). Cause of LLA suspension: not reporting detection of non-conforming products and discrepancies in production data. | |
| Golden State Seafood | ASC-C-01413 | 26-Sep-19 | The client does not agree to an audit within 90 days of the due date | ||
| Nova Austral S.A. | ASC-C-01003 | 12-Jul-19 | 10-Jul-19 | Logo License Agreement termination due to pending investigations, suspension of all farms due to non-compliance with ASC standard (see details here: http://asc.force.com/Certificates/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?retURL=%2FCertificates%2Fapex%2FASCCertDetails2%3Fid%3Da011o00001KoFovAAF&file=00P1o00001m8OcWEAU ) |