New certification and licensing scheme to regulate post-harvest fish sector
USAID-sponsored project Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA), in collaboration with its strategic partners—comprised of key state standards and certification agencies and regulators in the domestic fisheries industry—has organized a symposium on the implementation a newly-introduced safe fish certification and licensing scheme (SFCLS). The scheme, which is currently being piloted in selected markets in the Greater Accra Region, seeks to promote the safe, decent and hygienic processing and handling of fish from catch to plate. As per the requirements, handlers of fish such as fishmongers and fish vendors are to undergo training on the proper production and sale of fish and received the right certification to ensure that only safe, hygienic...
