Food control plans (FCPs) for seafood
Depending on their business activities, fish processors that are exempt from operating under a risk management programme (RMP) must operate under an FCP.
Who has a a food control plan (FCP)
If you only operate as a fish retailer, or a fish retailer and wholesaler, then you can carry out the primary processing of the fish under the Food Act using a template FCP.
To qualify for the exemption, you must not export any fish.
Choosing the right programme
| Exporting | Not exporting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With official assurances | Without official assurances | Wholesale only | Retail and wholesale | Retail only | |
| Primary processing only | RMP | RMP | RMP | FCP* or RMP |
FCP or RMP |
| Primary and secondary processing | RMP | RMP^ | RMP^ | FCP* or RMP^ |
FCP or RMP |
| Secondary processing only | RMP |
FCP or |
FCP or |
FCP or RMP |
FCP or RMP |
* To operate under an FCP, a primary processor that does not export but sells seafood by retail and wholesale must do so from the same premises.
^ You can choose to do secondary processing activities under an FCP.
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