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GLOBALG.A.P.

GLOBALG.A.P. is the standard for Good Agricultural Practices (G.A.P.). It is the most important food safety certification worldwide and continues to gain ground in the field of certifications for fresh export fruits and vegetables, with a new version that allows recognition by a greater number of markets.

GLOBALG.A.P.
    GLOBALG.A.P.

    About the standard

    GLOBALG.A.P. is the standard for Good Agricultural Practices (G.A.P.).
    As the most important food safety certification worldwide, it continues to gain
    ground in the field of certifications for fresh fruits and vegetables for export, with a
    new version that allows recognition by a greater number of markets.

    GLOBALG.A.P. certification covers the following aspects:

    • Food safety and traceability
    • Environmental protection
    • Workers’ health, safety, and welfare
    • Integrated crop management
    • Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP by its initials)

    Control Union provides certification services in the following areas:

    • Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) for crop production, Flowers & Ornamentals, livestock, and aquaculture

    • Chain of Custody (CoC)

    • Propagation material

    • LocalG.A.P. PFA

    • GLOBALG.A.P. Product Handling Assurance (PHA) Standard

    Additionally, we can offer ADD-ON modules such as: GRASP; Nurture Module; TR4 Biosecurity; FSMA PSR; AH-DLL GROW; and SPRING.

    • This certification applies to both fresh products and flowers.

    • Standards for animal production are currently under development.

    • The aim of these standards is to respond to the growing consumer interest in environmental impact.

    • Food safety and hygiene, reflects the desire to constantly improve production standards in cooperation with producers.

    Before a GLOBALG.A.P. inspection, what should be prepared?

    • Internal audit: conducted by an Engineer or Technician.

    • Pesticide residue analysis: performed by a laboratory accredited under ISO 17025.

    • First inspection: records must be available for at least three months prior to harvest.

    Certification Process

    Applying for GLOBALG.A.P

    Application

    Complete the application form and return it to comercial.peru@controlunion.com. CU will review the information and determine whether it is possible to provide you with a financial proposal.

    Contract

    Our commercial representatives will send you a financial proposal describing the service costs per calendar year. Along with the offer letter, you will receive the contract terms and conditions. If you agree with the offer, please return a copy signed by the legal representative. Once this is completed, you will enter into an agreement with CU to join one of our certification programs.

    Planification

    After receiving the payment of the fee for the service, CU will send you the relevant documents that you must complete before carrying out the audit, and we will be planning the date of the audit at the same time.

    Initial Audit

    It is the first audit of the client for a CU certification program. An auditor or qualified audit team will evaluate the compliance of its operation regarding the program requirements. As a result of the audit, it can be identified Non- Conformities (NCs) against the program requirements. The auditor will inform you of these during the closer meeting and will tell you the deadlines for resolving them. You must submit your corrections, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to resolve the NCs. This information will be evaluated by the auditor, who will determine whether it is enough to close the NC.

    Certification decision

    Based on the audits results (reports, analysis results, operational information, among others), a certifier will decide about your operation, granting or not the certification.

    Maintaining Certification

    The client must demonstrate the ongoing fulfillment of the program requirements to maintain their certification. This is done through different types of audits: monitoring or surveillance, recertification, scope expansion, unannounced audits, sampling, among others. CU will inform you about the audit program that corresponds to your operation. As a result of this process, CU will decide whether to maintain, expand, reduce, suspend or withdraw the certification granted.

    Advantages

    In a time of continuous change and development with heightened concern for
    health, the environment and resources, retailers and consumers demand
    responsibly, safe and sustanable sourced products. Therefore, producers around
    the world require an internationally recognized standard for agricultural
    production, ensuring these requirements: this is GLOBALG.A.P.

    Why was GLOBALG.A.P. developed?

    Consumers are more aware of:

    •  Product safety
    • Environment
    • Employees in acceptable working conditions

    Retailers:
    Certainty in the health conditions of products from the field. Guaranteed support
    in the use of private labels.

    You can find the program documents by clicking here
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    How can we help you?

    Want to apply for a certification program? Our Certification team will be happy to help you.

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