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- Withdrawn- The CAB has ended a certificate indefinitely because of compliance or administrative reasons.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- Expired- The farm had a certificate that is no longer valid and decided not to go for a recertification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 Information may therefore be out-of-date.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 Licence Number | Suspension of Farm Certificate by CAB | Suspension or termination of Logo Licence Agreement | Suspension of Chain of Custody Certificate by CAB | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LongToan | ASC-C-01313 | 1-Feb-19 | refusal of admission to warehouse during visit of ASC staff | ||
| PT Mustika Minanusa Aurora | CUP-C851422-ASC-01-2017-SH | 15-Jan-19 | Due to not closing NC 5.13 related to the Annual average farm survival rate | ||
| Productos del Mar Ventisqueros | CUP-C857769-ASC-01-2018-SL | 9-Jan-19 | Salmon escape | ||
| Quang Minh Seafood Ltd Company | ASC-F-BVSP-082_VN | 15-Nov-18 | Used nitrofuranzole antibiotic for two ponds, which is a banned chemical | ||
| Quang Minh Seafood CO., LTD. | ASC-C-00313 | 14-Nov-18 | 15-Nov-18 | presence of antibiotics, volume discrepancies | |
| Song Hau Food Processing Joint Stock Corporation | ASC-F-BVVN-003-VN | 3-Nov-17 | Contractual reasons | ||
| Jelex Seafood A/S | ASC-C-01772 | 22-Oct-18 | Client cannot demontrate that the products labelled or sold as certified are in fact certified | ||
| West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited | ASC-C-01466 | 11-Oct-18 | Client cannot demontrate that the products labelled or sold as certified are in fact certified | ||
| Vietnam Clean Seafoods Corporation | ASC-C-0426 | 9-Oct-18 | 11-Oct-18 | Volume discrepancies | |
| Cermaq Canada | ASC-SAI-062 | 17-May-18 | Exceeding the maximum on-farm lice levels | ||
| Cermaq Canada | ASC SAI 066 | 17-May-18 | Exceeding the maximum on-farm lice levels | ||
| Cermaq Canada | ASC-SAI-065 | 17-May-18 | Exceeding the maximum on-farm lice levels | ||
| Cermaq Canada | ASC-SAI-029 | 17-May-18 | Exceeding the maximum on-farm lice levels | ||
| Cermaq Canada | ASC-SAI-060 | 17-May-18 | Exceeding the maximum on-farm lice levels | ||
| Golden Quality Seafood Corporation | ASC-F-BV-021-VN | 22-Apr-16 | Not performed Surveillance Audit 2 | ||
| Cuulong Seaproducts Company | ASC-C-01100/ DL 31-DL 326 | 20-Apr-18 | Detection of antibiotics |