Leading aquafeed producer Skretting is warning suppliers against being tempted into sourcing soy planted on land ravaged by deliberate forest fires in Brazil.

“We have contacted our suppliers in Brazil to raise our concern as we are concerned about the soy value chain,” said Skretting Sustainability Manager, Trygve Berg Lea.

Recent weeks have seen a marked increase in the number of fires in the Amazon. Fires are now so severe that fire and smoke can be detected from space.



By mid-August, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) had counted more than 41,000 spot fires in the Brazilian Amazon so far this year, compared with 22,000 in the same period last year.