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Ensuring seafood safety

Photo: Photo: Tom Haga (c) Norwegian Seafood Export Council.

Responsibilities in seafood safety

All foods produced or marketed in Norway shall be safe to eat. This is a shared responsibility of all the stakeholders in the food chain. Read more

Photo: Photo: The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research.

Overview of seafood safety monitoring programmes

The main objective for the Norwegian authorities is to ensure food safety through monitoring of undesirable substances, microorganisms and parasites in wild-caught and farmed seafood, as well as in fish feed. Below is a list of the seafood monitoring programmes in force in Norway. Read more

Control of fish feed and feed producers

On behalf of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) coordinates an annual monitoring programme of feedstuff for fish and other aquatic animals to ensure compliance with Norwegian and EU legislation and to gain knowledge of substances where upper limits have not yet been established. The programme has been in operation since 1996. Read more

Monitoring of shellfish production

The production and harvesting of molluscs is monitored by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. There are approximately 400 production sites for the production and harvesting of live bivalve molluscs along the Norwegian coast. Read more

The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Telephone: +47 22 24 90 90
Fax: +47 22 24 95 85
E-mail: postmottak@fkd.dep.no

P.O. Box 8118 Dep
0032 Oslo
Norway