news receives confirmation from police attorney Kristina Munkejord that the West police district has received a police report from the blog publishing company Seivik. Bløgging is a method of killing the fish and immediately draining it of blood. There are separate rules for how this should happen. The intention is that the fish should not suffer in connection with slaughter. Police prosecutor Kristina Munkejord in the West police district is responsible for prosecuting the case, but is tight-lipped. – It is true that we have received a report. No one has been charged in the case as of now. I cannot say more at the present time, says police prosecutor Kristina Munkejord in the department for organized crime, finance and the environment. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority confirms to news that they are behind the police report. The report is about a breach of the Animal Welfare Act, for lack of and inadequate blueing of fish at Seivik. Bløgging salmon Bløgging is cutting fish so that the blood runs off it. Raw salmon should not be sold for human consumption. In Norwegian aquaculture, there is a requirement that the fish is bled before it is slaughtered and packed. Correct bluing is important for the quality of the fish. Uncooked fish contains blood and gets bacterial growth more easily. Bløgging should take place when the fish is taken on board. It is important that the fish is bludgeoned alive. Then the pumping functions of the heart will help when the blood vessels have to be emptied. Do not cut the fish until it has been drained of blood. Dead-at-sea/self-dead fish must also be blued. If the fish has been dead for a long time, it is more difficult to bludgeon. Farmed fish must be anesthetized before being bled. It was the bluefish shipping company Seivik AS that was involved in the incident of self-dead fish at Lerøy’s facility on Reitholmen in October 2023. Lifeless and self-dead fish were, according to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, on their way to being blued and slaughtered for further processing into food products. The video is from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. Campaigned The Norwegian Food Safety Authority campaigned and came up with an unannounced inspection at the Reitholmen farm. news revealed the findings last year. This farm is owned by one of the country’s largest seafood companies, Lerøy. While the Seivik salmon farm is owned by the company Br Bakke. This company has several shipping companies and is big in blue fishing. REPORTED: It is the company behind this blue-water vessel that has been reported to the police. It can carry 35 tonnes of fish. Photo: Seivik AS The Norwegian Food Safety Authority believed that self-dead salmon from Reitholmen was on its way out to the market and to consumers. Self-dead fish must not become human food, but must be destroyed, after which it can eventually become animal food. The management in both Br Bakke and Lerøy have several times denied that self-dead salmon was on its way to the market. They claim that the poor blueing was an unfortunate event due to several concurring conditions with a lot of dead fish in the cages. The case was reported in October shortly after news’s case about the salmon that died by itself on Reitholmen. According to news’s knowledge, the West police district is in the process of questioning. – This is new for me. I have not been questioned by the police about this, says Arne Bakke, general manager at Seivik and Br. Back to news. BIG ON BLØGGING: Arne Bakke is general manager of the company Br Bakke and the shipping company Seivik. Together with his 3 brothers, he runs a large business Photo: Br. Bakke/Seivik – Have any of the employees been questioned in the case? – No, none of the employees have been questioned, and I, as the general manager of the business, knew that, says Arne Bakke. Nor is Lerøy informed. – I have no knowledge of that, says communications director Aina Valland at Lerøy Seafood Group. – So no one in Lerøy has been contacted by the police? – No, not my acquaintance. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has maintained all along that the salmon that died by itself was planned to be sent to a slaughterhouse and then to go out to shops and the consumer market, while the companies deny this. Breaches of the Animal Welfare Act have a penalty of up to three years for serious breaches.
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Salmon farming has been reported to the police for violating the Animal Welfare Act – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
