MSC Chain of Custody - need help with scope

Hi there,

Our company is looking into MSC for Chain of Custody. We are importers of MSC certified product, fully packed ready for retail and food service in tamper proof packaging.

From what I've read, we are excempt from the scope:

"This excludes seafood products in “consumer ready tamper proof” packaging (i.e. sealed and labelled products that will be sold to final consumers in the same form, such as individual cans of tuna). For a full definition of consumer ready tamper proof, refer to Section 6.1 of the MSC Chain of Custody Certification Requirements (CoCCR). "

However, because we do take legal ownership of the products (our brand), I am thinking we are not really excempt from being certified and we would fall under their scope activities for trading or wholesale.

Would anyone be able to shed some light on this?? I am a bit lost here.

Thanks!

Greetings Florencias,

Do you change the label on the product? Or does it come from the producer with the label ready as is sold on the market?

If you only take responsibility in paperwork and the label stays itnact in the tamper proof product, then you don't have to do anything. The product is still MSC as you are only a middle-man for the trading of the ready product.

Example is private label supermarket products. They have all the product certifications provided from the producer and the supermarket doesn't need to be MSC or FSC or GlobalGap or Vegan or any other product related certified. It is only required to verify that the producers do comply with the certification expectations.

You have propably seen private labels stating something like "Produced and packed by ...producer X... on behalf of ...Supermarket Y..." with the appropriate certification mentioning.

Regards!