Irish farmed salmon is leading the entire Irish food industry on quality assurance and food safety by being the first sector to achieve EN45001 quality accreditation for its quality assurance scheme. The Food Safety Authority stated that the EN45001 series and quality assurance standard is the most appropriate means of quality assurance for the whole food sector. The Irish salmon farming industry, with the assistance of Bord Iascaigh Mhara's environment and quality section, is leading the way in this regard. There is no question the farmed salmon sector is ahead of the beef, dairy and poultry industries in so far as other sectors have only begun the process of accreditation to EN45001, which is the ultimate pan-European and Commission approved quality assurance standard.