Fish

The requirements for organic fish breeding in accordance with the Bio Suisse standards have been developed in a two-year long cooperation with practising fish breeders, fish food producers, animal welfare organizations and fish experts from Switzerland and abroad, and adopted by Bio Suisse in July, 2000.

THE PRINCIPLES OF BIO SUISSE APPROVED PRODUCTION ARE ALSO ADHERED TO IN FISH FARMING:

• Whole-farm approach to organic management
• No use of hormones, antibiotics or growth promoters
• No genetic engineering on any level
• Ethologically sound, extensive management of the animals
• (More) ecological production
• Feeding in accordance with Bio Suisse standards
• Eco-friendly processing
• Inspection of all aspects from the pond to the plate
• The requirements in detail PDF 20 KB

The standards only apply to farmed fish. As for wild fish, Bio Suisse recommends buying fish from domestic lakes and rivers or fish certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)www.msc.org.

Where to buy fresh fish farmed to Bud standards PDF 40 KB