{"id":1000320,"date":"2013-10-07T17:58:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=320&#038;source_id=320&#038;target_id=1000320"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:17:39","slug":"more-than-60-auditors-trained-on-the-asc-standards","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/news\/more-than-60-auditors-trained-on-the-asc-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 60 auditors trained on the ASC Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block wysiwyg\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Over 20 accredited<\/b> <b>auditors to assess farms against the ASC Standard for pangasius following the second Pangasius Auditor Training in Vietnam. Six more training sessions for others standards are planned before the end of the year. And, the final version of the Audit Manual for the Bivalves Standard enables a new training in October.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 60 auditors have successfully been trained on the ASC standards since the first course took place in September 2011. In total, 19 certification bodies are now accredited to carry out assessments against the ASC standards for seafood chain of custody. Three certifiers are also accredited to audit aquaculture farms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week another successful auditor training on the ASC Pangasius Standard took place in Vietnam. \u201cAll participants showed great knowledge and expertise of both pangasius farming and correct auditing procedures,\u201d said ASC Standards Coordinator Michiel Fransen. \u201cFollowing this second training, more than 20 auditors are now trained to audit farms against the ASC Pangasius Standard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Six more auditor trainings in 2013<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The number of valid auditors is expected to significantly increase with six auditor training sessions planned for the fourth quarter of this year:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bivalves: 7 &#8211; 9 October, Stirling, UK. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salmon: 10 &#8211; 12 October, Stirling, UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Freshwater Trout: 16 &#8211; 18 October, Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abalone: 18 &#8211; 20 November. Venue to be confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shrimp: 2 &#8211; 4 December, Bangkok, Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tilapia: 5 &#8211; 7 December, Bangkok, Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about the trainings, please email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:certification@asc-aqua.org\">certification@asc-aqua.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000320","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1000320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}