MarinTrust Standards

Both producers and consumers of marine-based products – such as fish oil, fish meal and cosmetics – want to be confident that these products are sourced sustainably and accurately identified to prevent false labeling and quality problems. Available through NSF, MarinTrust Standards resolve these concerns.

The MarinTrust Standards provide assurances that seafood materials are acquired at responsibly managed fisheries. It also verifies the use of best practices in manufacturing, handling, and delivery – demonstrating full traceability and accurate product identification at every stage in the supply chain.

MarinTrust has two main components:

• Verification and certification of factories that process raw source material from approved fisheries and by-product fisheries (or byproducts from aquaculture), following the MarinTrust Factory Standard.
• Chain-of-custody verification and certification is applied to products from both MarinTrust-certified factories and MarinTrust-compliant factories. This is done in accordance with the MarinTrust Chain of Custody Standard and is based on the Identity Preserved (IP) Supply Chain Model, which requires full separation and traceability of any certified fishery material from start to finish in the supply chain.

MarinTrust Standards conforms to internationally recognized practices and criteria such as the ISEAL Codes of Good Practice and initiatives of the International Organization for Standardization, such as ISO 17065.

NSF’s Global Trust Certification (GTC) program provides a formal process for submitting complaints and appeals. To learn more or to submit a complaint, please visit our page Complaints/Appeals relating to Global Trust Certification (GTC), an NSF company