LDH (La Doria) Ltd today become the latest partner in the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA), an independent group of retailers and supply-chain companies, working to ensure that tuna ultimately meets the highest standards of environmental performance and social responsibility.

LDH is the leading UK own Label supplier of canned tomato products, fish, fruit and vegetable, dried pasta and other ambient foods to the major UK supermarkets. LDH is committed to sourcing sustainable seafood and operate a “Tuna Sustainability Promise” which includes a fully traceable, verifiable chain of custody encompassing vessels, canneries and processors and source tuna from fisheries that are MSC certified or in a fishery improvement programme (FIP).

Anya Hemsley-Rudd, Technical Director, LDH said “At LDH we are committed to responsibly sourced seafood and improving sustainability throughout our seafood supply chains. Seafood is an affordable, nutritious, and sustainable source of protein and it is vital that this is maintained. We are excited to be joining the Global Tuna Alliance to enable us to achieve our shared goals”.

Dr Tom Pickerell, Executive Director at the Global Tuna Alliance, said: “We are delighted to welcome LDH to the Partnership. LDH strive to ensure that the seas are sustainable, and that those who work on vessels and in factories are safe, legally employed and empowered – goals we share at the GTA”.