Retail seafood supplier Cumbrian Seafoods on Thursday disputed recent concerns raised about pangasius in the Scottish press.
The main concern is over the purity of the water and the way in which some producers in Vietnam are raising the fish.
“All of the pangasius that we import is only bought from audited farms where the factories and feed mills have achieved the highest standards in process control, traceability and fish welfare,” said Huw Thomas, Cumbrian’s head of ethical and sustainable sourcing.
“Pangasius fillets are checked for contaminants during farming, upon receipt at the EU-approved fish filleting factories, before shipment to the EU by the EU-appointed competent authority and again upon arrival into the U.K.,” added Thomas. “Copies of these test certificates are routinely audited and show no issues for either antibiotic, pesticide or heavy metal residues, despite the claims that the Mekong water is highly polluted.”
