Aquaculture
Fish farms, hatcheries, aquaria, marine-life support — fish-health-grade metal limits. Vacuum-evaporated sea salt NaCl ≥ 98.5 %, insolubles ≤ 0.10 %, no iodine or anti-caking, ICP-MS panel on every lot.
Aquaculture-grade salt for fish farms, hatcheries and aquaria
Commercial fish-farm operators, hatchery managers, marine aquarium builders and ornamental-fish breeders use aquaculture-grade salt for water-chemistry management — pH balancing, osmotic-stress reduction, parasite control and brackish-water make-up. Egypt Globe Group supplies hatchery-grade vacuum-evaporated sea salt from the North Sinai and Red Sea pans at NaCl ≥ 98.5 %, insolubles ≤ 0.10 %, with no iodine and no anti-caking agent, and an ICP-MS heavy-metal panel on every lot.
Fish are the most sensitive assay instrument in the supply chain: ferrocyanide anti-caking, iodine or a heavy-metal excursion shows up as mortality, not as a lab result. The group's Quality Assurance division excludes additives at the process stage and confirms the panel at the port laboratory before the Certificate of Analysis and B/L are issued — lots outside specification are rejected at the loading port.
Industry requirements
| Requirement | Typical tender specification | How EGG verifies it | Evidence issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| NaCl | ≥ 98.5 % (hatchery grade); ≥ 99 % purified for closed-system aquaria | Titration per lot | CoA before B/L |
| Heavy metals — fish-health grade | Pb ≤ 1 ppm, As ≤ 0.5 ppm, Cd ≤ 0.5 ppm, Hg ≤ 0.05 ppm — strictly fish-tox-safe | ICP-MS per lot | CoA panel |
| Anti-caking | Free of YPS / sodium ferrocyanide — toxic to fish | Process exclusion + assay | Declaration on CoA |
| Iodine | Iodine-free — disrupts marine osmotic balance | Process exclusion + assay | Declaration on CoA |
| Insolubles | ≤ 0.10 % | Gravimetric per lot | CoA |
| Particle size | 1–3 mm medium (rapid dissolution); fine on request | Sieve per lot | Sieve report |
| Moisture | ≤ 0.25 % | Oven-drying per lot | CoA |
| Food-safety chain | ISO 22000 + HACCP handling, Halal | System certificates | Certificate copies |
Matched supply
| Product | Grade / spec headline | Division | Standard | MOQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquaculture sea salt — medium grain | NaCl ≥ 98.50 %, Ca ≤ 0.20 %, Mg ≤ 0.15 %, SO₄ ≤ 0.40 %, insolubles ≤ 0.10 %, 1–3 mm, ≤ 0.25 % moisture | Salt — sea (vacuum) | Halal, ISO 22000 chain | 240 MT |
| Pool & aquaculture water treatment rock salt | NaCl ≥ 99.5 %, ultra pure — multi-purpose, hatchery-tested | Salt — rock | ISO 9001, SGS | 240 MT |
| Sea salt — natural evaporated | NaCl ≥ 97.50 %, natural-mineral-balance alternative | Salt — sea | ISO 22000, Halal | 240 MT |
| Fish curing sea salt — additive-free coarse | NaCl ≥ 98 %, additive-free | Salt — sea | ISO 9001, SGS | 240 MT |
| Vacuum-evaporated rock salt — fine granulated | NaCl ≥ 99.5 % — high-purity option for closed-loop systems | Salt — rock | ISO 9001, SGS | 240 MT |
| Sea salt — agricultural coarse (raw) | NaCl ≥ 96.00 %, 1–5 mm — pond brackish-water make-up | Salt — sea | ISO 9001 | 240 MT |
| Aquaculture grade catalogue | Hatchery-grade sea salt | Salt | ISO 22000 chain | 240 MT |
Loading ports: sea salt from Al-Arish (EGAAC), Port Said East (EGPSE), Damietta (EGDAM), Ain Sokhna (EGSOK); rock from El Dekheila (EGEDK), Alexandria (EGALY), Damietta, Ain Sokhna. 50 kg bags, FIBC or bulk from 240 MT, 2–3 weeks. HS 2501.00.
QA verification chain
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Source
Pan-brine assay at North Sinai / Red Sea — NaCl, Ca, Mg, metals screen
EvidenceSaltworks lab report
EGG QA saltworks lab · every harvest lot
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Processing
Vacuum evaporation; no iodine, no anti-caking; ISO 22000 / HACCP handling
EvidenceBatch record, additive-exclusion log
EGG QA · every batch
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Port laboratory
NaCl, insolubles, moisture, sieve, ICP-MS Pb / As / Cd / Hg per lot
EvidenceCoA before B/L; off-spec lot rejected
EGG port-side QC · every lot
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Independent inspection
Sampling, container tally, sealed retained samples, witness ICP-MS on request
EvidencePSI certificate
TÜV Austria, SGS, Intertek, Bureau Veritas · per shipment on request
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Destination acceptance
Hatchery laboratory check against CoA; spec guaranteed at port of loading
EvidenceBuyer acceptance
Buyer · per shipment
Destination markets & compliance
- Mediterranean salmon + sea-bass farms (Greece, Turkey, Malta), European hatcheries — REACH, EUR.1 / FTA origin
- MENA aquaculture (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt) — SASO / SABER where required, PAFTA
- Far East tilapia + shrimp farming (Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh) — import guides for Vietnam and Bangladesh
- Related: water treatment · water-treatment salt · animal feed
Standards & documentation
- ISO 22000 + HACCP food-safety chain · OIE / WOAH fish-health-compatible feed-stuff specifications · hatchery-grade certification on request · ISO 9001:2015
- Trade documentation · inspection · quality & compliance
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