THERE are only two registered and accredited fish processing plants in Region 1, both in Pangasinan, which bangus export producers can use.

Nestor Domenden, regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), said the two facilities are the government-supported Korea-Philippines Seafood Processing Complex in Dagupan and the privately-owned Anjo Farms in San Fabian.

Both plants are accredited under the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) as well as by the European Union for the sanitary standards set on imported food products.

HACCAP is a systematic preventive approach to food safety, which is a requirement of every importing country.

At the same time, Domenden said there are four registered and accredited plants processing smoked mackerel in Alaminos City, Pozorrubio and Urdaneta City as well as in Bacnotan, La Union.

For accredited fish paste (bagoong), there is only one registered manufacturer in Lingayen although bagoong-making is one of the main industries in the capital town.

The Korea-Philippines Seafood Processing Complex, co-owned by BFAR and the Dagupan City government, is processing fresh and deboned milkfish for export abroad, said Domenden.

On the other hand, Anjo Farms is processing whole, deboned, smoked and  marinated milkfish in different cuts as well as pasteurized salted shrimps.

Processed products from these two plants are exported to the United States, European Union and the Middle East and soon to Brunei, said Domenden.—LVM

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