• Through the harmonization of Good Agricultural Practices – global gap encourages sustainable agriculture and minimize the use of agro-chemicals. It is a voluntary standard. Mostly international corporations, retailers and Govt. regulatory authorities code of conduct requirements are derived from this standard, if any organization implements this standard, it will automatically fulfil the expectations of their customers and stakeholders regarding food safety management system. Global Gap is the regulatory requirement imposed by many countries on suppliers to ship any product to them.

• GLOBAL G.A.P. is the current standard previously it was known as EUROGAP. It is a part of ISO family and GLOBAL G.A.P. is the initiative of retailers belonging to the Euro-Retailer produce working group. British retailers working together with supermarkets of continental Europe become aware of consumers growing concerns regarding product safety, environmental impact and the health, safety and welfare of workers and then finally they harmonized their own standard. Global G.A.P. is now world leading farm assurance program translating consumer requirements into Good Agricultural Practice.

• Global G.A.P. does not conduct audit itself. Some certification bodies are authorized by Global G.A.P. to conduct the audit. Most of the countries have formed their own accreditation bodies to authorize the certification bodies. Accreditation and certification bodies charge their fee against their services. Accredited certificate issued by any accredited certification body is accepted worldwide. GLOBAL G.A.P. certificate is also carries the identical logo.

Benefits of GLOBAL G.A.P. Certification

• • Demonstrate your commitment to food safety
• • Increased customer confidence
• • GLOBALG.A.P. certification helps you compete with other certified brands in a market that is increasingly demanding transparency
• • Ensure sustainable Good Agricultural Practices
• • Opening new market opportunities
• • Internationally recognized harmonized standard for controlling the risks at farm level
• • Improving the efficiency of farm processes and management
• • Helpful to get enrolled as a vendor for retail stores
• • Helpful in attracting new customers
• • Helpful to retain the confidence of existing customers

GLOBAL G.A.P. Certification Process

• • After finalization of agreement with client, experts of Quality Systems visit at client’s premises and conduct the complete gap analysis of existing system against the GLOBAL G.A.P. standard and discuss the gap report to the management, Identified gaps could be in documents, implementation, farm practices, employee’s awareness, statutory and regulatory compliances. We commence work according to the agreed timelines as per final gap report and proceed for the audit once all the documentation, implementation, and other requirements are done. Our technical team provides complete assistance, support and cooperation throughout the process to make certification audit successful in first attempt.
• • GLOBAL GAP certificate is not awarded once-and-for-all but must be renewed before expiry of the certificate. After applying for the audit to the certification body and get the GLOBAL G.A.P registration number (GGN), certification body’s auditor will conduct the audit. After the successful conduction of audit, certification body issues the certificate with validity of one year and this certificate will be valid only for one year of time and before expiry, re-certification audit should be carried out to maintain the continuation of certificate.