The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Announces Plan to Expand Labeling Information for Aquaculture Feed

Currently, fishery feed management follows the "Feed Management Act" under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and for raw feed and single-ingredient feed used for aquatic animals, the plan is to prepare measures to have the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries manage it, as the specifics of fishery feed are not reflected. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced at the 'Workshop for Expanding the Use of Fishery Compound Feed' held on April 10th that it would expand the labeling information for fish meal, including its quality and content. The key points reveal that because it is difficult to obtain accurate information about quality, price, and components when purchasing and using compound feed, leading aquaculture companies to question its credibility, they will: short-term, revise labeling standards to indicate fish meal content in compound feed for aquaculture; medium-term, stipulate in the (tentative) Fishery Feed Management Act that breeding trials can be ...