GSSI WELCOMES MULTIEXPORT FOODS TO ITS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

GSSI welcomes Multiexport Foods to its Global Partnership. The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce that Multiexport Foods has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a Funding Partner.

Multiexport Foods is a Chile-based salmon producer and exporter. They are the second South American company to join the GSSI Partnership and four of their salmon farms are certified by GSSI recognised scheme, ASC.

“As a company, we have established sustainability and productive responsibility as an essential pillar of our business. Aligned with this purpose, joining the GSSI will allow us to increase efficiency in our certification framework in a visible and transparent way. Additionally, being part of this initiative aligned with our plan of producing a healthy protein source to feed a growing population, minimizing environmental impact and improving our social contribution”, says Jason R. Paine, General Manager of Multiexport Foods INC U.S.A.

ABOUT MULTIEXPORT FOODS

Founded in 1987, Multiexport Foods is one of the world’s leading salmon producers. With more than 2,400 employees, Multiexport Foods develops its production activities in Chilean Patagonia focusing on every step of the salmon production value chain, from reproduction to the customer in more than 30 international markets.

The mission of Multiexport Foods S.A. is to feed the world with superior quality products, satisfying the consumers’ needs through efficient corporate management based on persons, innovation, caring of the environment and a good relationship with their local communities.

They are important players in the North American market, where their sales office allows them to be present in the world’s most important supermarkets and food service chains. They have also built up long-term relationships with the most important Japanese importers and were pioneers in the Russian market, to which they are the main chilean exporters.To learn more, visit www.multiexportfoods.com.

THE GSSI GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) is a global, Public-Private Partnership, working towards more sustainable seafood for everyone. For more information on our Global Partnership and how to become a partner, please visit their website or contact us.

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