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Whole Foods reviewing aquaculture feed standards, could challenge RAS suppliers

Whole Foods Market, one of the world’s largest organic and natural food retailers, is reviewing its standards for feed served to the aquaculture fish products it sells and — depending on the changes it adopts — that could make life more challenging for its North American suppliers.

The group that has the most to worry about: land-based producers of salmon and other finfish.

Growing fish in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) comes with lots of hefty, upfront development and technology costs, generally forcing these companies to charge a premium for their products. But RAS producers also have the advantage of being able to promote what they say is a cleaner and more sustainable approach than growing fish in an open net pen…

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