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- Withdrawn- The CAB has ended a certificate indefinitely because of compliance or administrative reasons.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- Expired- The farm had a certificate that is no longer valid and decided not to go for a recertification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 Information may therefore be out-of-date.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 of Chain of Custody Certificate by CAB | Suspension or termination of Logo Licence Agreement | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ikea Japan | ASC-C-00732 | 12-Dec-19 | demonstrable breakdown in the CoC, caused by the client's actions or inactions | ||
| Coop Sverige AB | ASC-C-01440 | 04-Dec-19 | The client cannot demonstrate that products labelled or sold as certified are in fact certified | ||
| Metropolitan Meat, Seafood & Poultry | ASC-C-01297 | 04-Dec-19 | The client does not agree to an audit within 90 days of the due date | ||
| Nha Trang Seaproduct Company | ASC-C-00609 | 25-Nov-19 | 25-Nov-19 | Partial suspension of the certificate. Site F17 has been suspended. The client has sold products as certified, which are shown not to be certified | |
| Golden State Seafood | ASC-C-01413 | 26-Sep-19 | The client does not agree to an audit within 90 days of the due date | ||
| THANH DOAN FISHERIES IMPORT - EXPORT JOINT STOCK COMPANY | ASC-C-00475 | 22-Aug-19 | 30-May-19 | The presence of antibiotic in shrimp products. | |
| St. Restrup Dambrug | DK008934 | 05-Jul-19 | Client did not close major NC in time-frame | ||
| 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 ) | |
| Choice Canning Company | ASC-F-BVVN-002-IND | 14-Jun-19 | Major NCs are still opened after 3 months | ||
| Minh Cuong Seafood import Export frozen processing | ASC-C-01458 | 07-Jun-19 | Administrative reasons | ||
| Febin Marine Foods | ASC-F-BVVN-007-IND | 24-May-19 | Client did not close major NCs in time-frame | ||
| Nevifish Trading B.V. | ASC-C-00867 | 01-Feb-19 | Contractual reasons | ||
| Samick's Foods Inc | ASC-C-01624 | 25-Jan-19 | Client has not satisfactory addressed a non conformity in the specified timeframe | ||
| 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 | 09-Jan-19 | Salmon escape |