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1. Review Certification Application Form and BAP
Standard for Feed Mills.
The certification application form is used to assimilate information on
Feed Mill facilities and general background data on their operations. The
applicant must review Guidelines for BAP standards (in PDF Format), address the
standards, and provide information on the implementation of the BAP program
before they complete the application form (in Microsoft Excel).
Additional information on the program can be requested
from the BAP office in Crystal River, Florida.
To become BAP certified, the facility must comply with the requirements
stated in the application form and the BAP Feed Mill Standard.
2.
Return completed application form to the BAP office. The
applicant shall answer all of the questions in the application to include
facility information and the completed application form must be forwarded to
the BAP office for review and approval before the facility can be
registered. The application can be
emailed to
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, faxed to +425-650-3001 or mailed to 706 N.
Suncoast Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429.
Upon receipt of the application form, the BAP office will
review the information and provide general guidance to assist the applicant to
prepare for the inspection process. The office may recommend that the applicant
contact a consultant to help prepare the facility for inspection. Consultants
used must be contracted and paid directly by the applicant.
3.
Registration of Applicant, Signing of Facility Agreement, and Payment of
Inspection Fees. Once
the BAP office has reviewed the application form and verified the applicant is
ready to be registered, they will send the applicant a facility certification
agreement and an invoice for the application fee and inspection fee. The facility agreement, which contains the
conditions, terms and fees for the BAP program must be signed and returned to
the BAP office. The applicant shall pay
the registration and inspection fee directly to the BAP before the inspection
can be coordinated with the Certifying Body (CB).
Registration fee:
$500.00 USD
Inspection fee:
$5,500.00 USD
4.
Inspection (audit) Process. The BAP office will forward the
application form to an ISO accredited certification body (CB) who will select
an auditor and put the auditor in contact with the applicant to coordinate and
select a date to conduct the facility audit. The auditor requests data from applicant for
document review, evaluates documents, inspects the facility and formulates a
list of non-conformances recorded at the facility. A copy of the audit will be presented to the
applicants representative during the closing meeting and within 48 hours the
auditor will deliver the audit report to the CB.
The CB will contact the applicant and forward a list of
non- conformances, confirming the applicant has 28 days to submit evidence to
close the non-conformances. Once the evidence has been submitted to the CB, the
CB will review the evidence with the auditor and either sign-off on the non-conformances
or request further evidence. When all of the non-conformances have been closed
through corrective actions, the CB convenes a certification committee who will
make the certification decision.
Certification decisions shall be made within 42 days of
the audit date (unless an extension is granted by the CB). Applicants may be
required to have a follow-up re-audit if all of the non-conformances are not
closed within the allotted period. For a facility to be certified, it must
comply with 100% of the critical, major and minor audit components. New Feed
Mills will have up to 1 year from the registration date to complete the
certification process.
5.
Applicant pays BAP program fees. Once the applicant completes all BAP
certification requirements they shall pay a BAP program participation fee. The
fee is based on $1.25 USD per ten (10) metric ton of Aquaculture feed
manufactured during the last calendar year. The minimum fee is $3,000 USD and
the maximum fee is $10,000 USD.
6.
Check BAP website for company listings. Once the facility is approved for BAP
certification and all fees are paid, a unique certification number is assigned
to the facility, a BAP certificate is issued and the facility is added to the appropriate
list of BAP certified facilities. Unless instructed otherwise by the applicant,
facility name and locations are made public on the BAP website. Certified facilities may advertise their
status as provided in the facility certification agreement.
7.
Use of the BAP logo. Certified facilities may use the “Best
Aquaculture Practices” certification mark or logo in advertising and on retail
packaging. Information on the BAP logo and who to use it will be sent to the
applicant as outlined in the facility certification agreement.
8. Maintain records and input verification
data. BAP certified Feed Mills shall maintain records on
traceability compliance verification as outlined in the guidelines for BAP
standards.
9. Recertify each year. Feed Mills that are requesting re-certification
must have the facility agreement signed, the inspection fee paid and an
inspection date committed at least two months prior to the re-certification
date. Facilities have up to 30 days past the re-certification date to complete
the re-certification process.
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