Felivaru Cannery is the first industrial processing operation setup in the Maldives in 1977. The EU approved cannery, MDV 001 provides private labelled packing according to customer’s specifications Renowed brands contracted with Felivaru cannery includes, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury, Migros All raw materials are directly purchased from local fishermen and is caught by Pole and line fishing method Fresh catch is available year round and cannery is supported with a raw material storage of more than 5000 MT

QUALITY - FFC maintains its quality systems to the standards of ISO 9001:2000, 9002, BRC Global Standards, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). Its laboratory operations are to the standards of Campden Laboratory Accreditation Scheme of CCFRA since 1998. In addition Felivaru cannery holds FSSC 22000. ETHICAL - Felivaru cannery also holds global standards of BSCI and SMETA ECO LABELLING – Dolphin Friendly certificate, MSC certificate, TRACEABILITY – Catch certificate, Trace Register

KFC in the south of the country started its operations in 1996. KFC is the main cold storage facility of the company and has the capacity to freeze 350 MT in 24 hours and has a 2,000 cold storage. This facility together with an alongside berth which can accommodate vessels up to 2500 DWT has contributed to the development of fishery in the region and accounts for the lions’ share of increases in the export of frozen fish fishery products.

Fishermen lands fish to KFC jetty as well as collector vessels in the area. Fish is brine frozen and stored in cold chambers after being sorting out species and sizes. Kooddoo also provides ice to fishermen along with other essentials supplies such as fuel, water and convenient store service.

KFV represents the culmination of effort and time in the harvesting, processing and marketing aspects of the fresh fish industry targeted to the premium market in Japan and Europe. Ever since operation at KFV started in 1999; KFV is one of the largest exporters of chilled products to European market. The company has further expanded in 2006 with the addition of a new factory exclusively for tuna value addition processing for the local market.

Raw materials for the products are all obtained locally by long line fishing from KFV vessels or local fishing boats contracted by the company. All fish are prepared as chilled and are flown to European/Asian markets from the international airport at Male’.