MarinTrust Quality Management System

An MarinTrust Quality Management System (QMS) has been developed to support the MarinTrust Secretariat on how to manage the Certification Bodies (CBs) that are engaged in the assessment of the applicants to the MarinTrust Standard on behalf of the MarinTrust Governing Body Committee.

The main function of this MarinTrust QMS will be to ensure that all applicants are certificated in a consistent and timely manner and to ensure that the ISO accreditation status of the standard is maintained.

The MarinTrust programme is split between two key components and the MarinTrust QMS has been designed to look at each section and to address the unique requirements for each sector. The current programme components covered by this QMS system will be the

• The Raw Material Fishery and By-Product Fishery assessment approval process
• The Fish meal plant certification process

The MarinTrust QMS will require a number of policies and procedures to be designed to ensure that the developed QMS has the required level of credibility, integrity and robustness.

MarinTrust QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPROVED PROCEDURAL DOCUMENTS

• Main Control Manual (V2.0) - Published April 9th 2021 

In order to ensure consistency when carrying out standard setting and development activities in relation to all MarinTrust standards, MarinTrust has a Standard Development Procedure which covers all areas such as new standard development as well as review and revision of existing standards. 

MarinTrust Certification Body approval process documented procedures

• Certification Body (CB) approval requirements for the MarinTrust audits and certification (D1-V2)
• Guidelines for Certification Bodies (CB) managing applications to certification for the MarinTrust Programme (A2 - V2.0)
• Procedural approval criteria for CBs wishing to apply for approval to audit and certify to the IFFO RS Standard (D2-V3)
• Contractual agreement between IFFO RS Board and an approved Certification Body (IFFORSDOC4VER1)

MarinTrust Certification Body procedures for conducting and certifying applicants for the MarinTrust programme

• Conducting of MarinTrust Factory & Chain of Custody audits by Registered Certification Bodies (CBs) (A4 - V2.0)
• Conducting MarinTrust Fishery or By-product Fishery Assessments by Registered Certification Bodies (A3 V2)
• Procedures for issuing and withdrawal of certificates to the IFFO RS certification programme (A5V1.3)
• Appeals and complaints procedure for the MarinTrust Programme (A6 V2)
• Clients transferring their certification to a new approved Certification Body (CB) (D3V1.2)

MarinTrust approved training requirements for Certification Body and IFFO RS Secretariat

• Appointment of MarinTrust Factory & Chain of Custody auditors (B3 - V2.0)
• Appointment of MarinTrust fishery and by product fishery assessors (B2V2.2)
• Training procedure for all approved assessors that monitor compliance of CBs and IFFO RS approved  auditors to the IFFO RS programme (B4V1.3)

MarinTrust approved public interpretation guidance 

Fishery and by-product fishery assessment

• IFFO RS Fishery Assessment Interpretation Guidance Document V2.0 

Factory audit

• Public Interpretation Guidelines for the MarinTrust Factory Audit V2.0 (ID2)
• Public Interpretation Guidelines for the MarinTrust Chain of Custody Factory Audit (ID5)

MarinTrust approved report templates

Controlled copies - for reference only 

• MarinTrust Factory Audit Report Template - For Version 2.0 of the IFFO RS standard (FAC1)
• MarinTrust Chain of Custody V2.0 Factory Audit Report template (FAC2)
• MarinTrust By-product fishery assessment report template (FISH1 - V2.1)
• MarinTrust Whole fish fishery assessment report template (FISH2 - V2.1)