NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2022 93 Johan den Hartog, GMP+ International’s founder and Managing Director up until 2021, has been appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau, a Dutch Royal decoration for people who have rendered outstanding service to society. Johan received the honor because of his fierce dedication to and advocacy for feed safety, spanning over four decades. Den Hartog was awarded the decoration and accompanying ribbon on stage at the Berlin Congress Center, site of the three-day Global Feed Safety Summit. The ribbon was presented by Peter Vermeij, Agricultural Counsellor of the Dutch Embassy in Germany, who lauded Johan’s service in both public and private life. “Johan’s many activities are of special value to society.” According to Vermeij, Den Hartog succeeded in ‘an almost impossible task’ when he brought the Dutch feed chain together in the early nineties to establish Good Manufacturing Practices. These guidelines would later become the global GMP+ Feed Certification scheme. “Johan is working tirelessly to take the scheme to new heights,” Vermeij said. “His efforts over the past four decades greatly contributed to making The Netherlands a world leader in feed safety systems.” Den Hartog was visibly taken by surprise. “I am speechless,” he uttered when called on stage. “I am incredibly grateful. I did what I thought needed to be done,” Den Hartog said, referring to the founding of the scheme. He thanked God, his wife, children, and his GMP+ team. Johan den Hartog appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau ing programs have established Hendrix Genetics as a supplier of choice for salmon, trout and shrimp farmers worldwide. With the increasing disruptions in international and intercontinental logistics, Hendrix Genetics has responded by setting up local grow out operations for its Kona Bay shrimp brand in Ecuador, Indonesia and India. The strategic partnership with Coraqua follows the same strategy but is the first of its kind for Troutlodge. Trout farmers in Peru will benefit from the increased access to local high-quality products and customer service; but also customers in other Troutlodge markets will benefit with increasing capacity for production. Because of increasing demand, Troutlodge is currently operating on a wait list for new customers, which will be relieved as the new operations in Peru come online. “In the last two years, we’ve seen Troutlodge eggs becoming even more popular in demand with the increased resistance to Bacterial Cold Water Disease (BCWD) and with the increasing supply difficulties that have been seen from several producing countries. This next step in our long lasting cooperation with Coraqua is a great step forward to increase the availability of our eggs to Rainbow Trout farmers worldwide, and shows our commitment to be at the forefront of a successful and thriving Trout industry globally,” said Keith Drynan, General Manager, Troutlodge.
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