Carp is not one interchangeable product. Common carp is Cyprinus carpio, while grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, crucian carp and other cyprinids retain separate species identities. A comparable lot needs scientific and commercial name, farmed or caught origin, production area and establishment, live, whole fresh, headed, gutted, fillet, chilled, frozen, smoked, salted or prepared form, size and count, net and drained weight, harvest and processing dates, temperature history, contaminant and microbiological release evidence, package and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
FAO identifies common carp as Cyprinus carpio and keeps it distinct from other carp species. EU Regulation 1379/2013 requires five information groups for covered fishery and aquaculture products, including commercial and scientific name, production method and production area. EU Regulation 853/2004 requires frozen fishery products to remain at no more than -18 degrees Celsius, with transport fluctuations upward of no more than 3 degrees Celsius. EU Regulation 2023/915 sets a 0.30 milligram-per-kilogram wet-weight mercury maximum for muscle meat of carp species in the Cyprinidae family. These are identity, labelling, cold-chain and destination-specific safety references, not results for an untested lot, current supply or price.
FAO identifies common carp as Cyprinus carpio in the Cyprinidae family. Grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, crucian carp and other fish marketed with carp in the name are not automatic substitutes. Atlas retains scientific name, commercial name, strain where relevant and farm or catch evidence, rather than inferring species from a generic carp label, country, colour or body form.
A live aquaculture lot, whole fresh fish, headed or gutted carcass, fillet, chilled or frozen product, smoked or salted fish and a prepared product carry different yields, temperature controls, shelf lives, contaminants, microbiological hazards, packaging and destination requirements. EU consumer-information rules also distinguish farmed, freshwater-caught and other production methods and require the relevant production area. Evidence from one form or origin cannot certify another.
EU hygiene law keeps fresh fishery products near the temperature of melting ice and frozen products at no more than -18 degrees Celsius, with only short upward transport fluctuations of no more than 3 degrees Celsius. EU contaminants law assigns carp in the Cyprinidae family a 0.30 milligram-per-kilogram wet-weight mercury maximum for muscle meat. Those values do not prove any shipment passes: Atlas retains representative sampling, edible portion, laboratory, method, result, test date, time-temperature record and destination rule with the lot.
Species identity, label fields, cold-chain rules and contaminant limits cannot establish live-versus-processed yield, size premium, farm or catch conditions, harvest timing, mortality risk, glazing, net weight, package value or route cost. A delivered estimate still needs current permitted observations for the exact species and product form, tested lot, size, quantity, origin, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, cold chain, freight and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.
No. Common carp is Cyprinus carpio. A generic carp label may cover other cyprinid species, so the scientific and commercial names and traceability record must be explicit.
No. Production method and area affect traceability, controls and product claims. EU rules require the covered production method and area to be declared, and the lot evidence must match the actual origin.
No. It is a destination-specific maximum for carp muscle meat on a wet-weight basis. A lot still needs representative sampling, defined edible portion, a named laboratory and method, actual result, date and traceability.
Scientific and commercial name, strain where relevant, farmed or caught origin, production area and establishment, live, whole, gutted, fillet, chilled, frozen or processed form, size and count, net and drained weight, glazing, harvest and processing dates, temperature history, contaminant and microbiological evidence, package and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.