GlobalGAP

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GlobalGAP

Committing to a safe and sustainable agriculture

GlobalGAP is a European based trade organization whose members consists of growers, product marketing organizations (PMO), growers’ co-operatives, food manufacturers and retailers.

GlobalGAP has developed an auditable standard promoting Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The scope of GlobalGAP currently covers the production of fruit, vegetables, combinable crops, green coffee, tea, flowers and ornamentals, livestock, feed, nursery stock and aquaculture. GlobalGAP has support from major European retailers, PMO’s and growers on a global basis.

The GlobalGAP protocol defines the elements of good agricultural practices (GAP). It includes topics such as Integrated Crop Management (ICM), Integrated Pest Control (IPC), Quality Management System (QMS), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), worker health, safety, welfare and environmental pollution and conservation management.

Certifying your food management system against the GlobalGAP requirements will bring the following benefits to your organization:

Enhances your food safety and food safety management system
Demonstrates your commitment to producing/trading safe food
Acceptance into the GlobalGAP community
Increases the product safety and quality confidence of your consumers/customers

Providing certification, testing and verification services to the Food industry is one of the core businesses of SGS. In the last 125 years, SGS has expanded its Food operations in 140 countries and set up more than 800 laboratories.

SGS’s unrivalled team of registered lead auditors will relay this experience to you to deliver the most meaningful and professional audits, and to assist you in meeting your food safety objectives, where possible.

To date, more than 2,000 small, medium and international companies have chosen SGS as their certifying body to perform the audit of their Food Safety Management System against leading food safety standards such as GlobalGAP HACCP, SQF and GMP, confirming SGS as the world’s preferred certifying body for food standards.

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