Variance request and Interpretation platform
CAB
ASC Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Publication date
Certificate holder
Date of submission
2017-10-20 00:00:00
Status
Archived on: 2024-01-08
Unit of certification
Species
Country
ALL
Reference to other Q&As
Document reference
Farm
Version
Farm CAR v2.2
Indicator
B20
Other relevant indicator/clause
B20 B21
Background info
Can auditors who are trained in one standard also conduct audits for other standards?
Supporting evidence
Question
Provide and answer
Release date
October 20, 2017
Effective date
October 20, 2017
Rationale
Update 21-01-2021 Yes, ASC recognizes
similarities for certain standards and has created an official cross approval
list:
Trained Marine Cage
(formerly Salmon Training) auditors
can conduct audits for: Salmon, Seabass/Seabream/Meagre, Seriola/Cobia,
Tropical marine finfish and Flatfish
(cage-culture system only). |
Trained Seriola/Cobia
can conduct audits for: tropical marine finfish and Seabass/ Seabream. |
Trained Shrimp
auditors can conduct audits for: Shrimp and Flatfish (land-based system only) |
For the following Standards there is no cross
approval: Trout
Bivalves Pangasius Tilapia Abalone |
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Documents
Variance request documents
Variance request documents
Question for Interpretation (QA) Procedure Version 1.0
Question for Interpretation (QA) Procedure Version 1.0 – Spanish
Question for Interpretation (QA) Procedure Version 1.0 – Japanese
Question for Interpretation (QA) Procedure Version 1.0 – Vietnamese
Question for Interpretation (QA) Procedure Version 1.0 – Korean
Variance Request (VR) Procedure Version 2.1
Variance Request (VR) Procedure Version 2.1 – Spanish
Variance Request (VR) Procedure Version 2.1 – Japanese
Variance Request (VR) Procedure Version 2.1 – Vietnamese
Variance Request (VR) Procedure Version 2.1 – Korean
Terms of Reference (TOR): Variance Request (VR) Committee Version 2.0