Fresh, healthy produce ...

To guarantee the "LA VIVIERE" quality, and ensure a perfect product for our customers, we require our suppliers (mussel breeders and fishermen) to supply us with top quality mussels. Our mussels are reared in the bay which has the highest tidal range in Europe (14.50 m). This water movement allows the production site to be classified as zone A, which means that our produce can be offered directly for sale without going through cleansing tanks. However, we provide optimum guarantees with our seawater cleansing tank system, oxygenated continuously round the clock (stocking and cleansing capacity of 40 tons). Since the new European health standard, weekly health self-inspections have been obligatory, requested and supervised by the Official Veterinary Services. In 1999, all the inspections carried out were in conformity (less than 300 faecal colon bacilli).