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Paris 199917 retailers decided to introduce independent verification as base for supplier compliance.

Barcelona 2000EurepGAP established the partnership principle between retailers and producers and presented results of trials with the Fruit and Vegetables Protocol.

Bologna 2001EurepGAP received the first ISO 65 accreditation for Fruit and Vegetables, and first grower certificates were granted.

Madrid 2003EurepGAP presented Version 2 of the Fruit and Vegetables Protocol as the result of the revision process, proclaimed the start for Flowers & Ornamentals and launched the new transparent Benchmarking procedure.

Amsterdam 2004The EurepGAP Standards for (Green) Coffee and Aquacul-ture were launched in October 2004, and first accredited certificates were issued to farms based on the Integrated Farm Assurance Standard.

Paris 2005The first EurepGAP Feed Reference Standard was published and the 2005 version of Integrated Farm Assurance was launched. The first national livestock schemes entered their checklist into the EurepGAP Benchmarking tool.

Prague 2006Nearly 300 delegates from 41 countries discussed and made proposals for the future direction and content of the 2007 version of the EurepGAP Standard.

Bangkok 2007The finalising of the consultation process for the EurepGAP Shrimp Standard was started by a one day workshop for key stakeholders and the name change from EurepGAP to GLOBALG.A.P was announced.

Cologne 2008GLOBALG.A.P introduced activities to support smallholder implementation and intensified the dialogue with Govern-ment and Non-Government-Organisations.

London 2010During the SUMMIT 2010 in London, the GLOBALG.A.P Sector Committees presented Version 4 of the GLOBALG.A.P Integrated Farm Assurance Standard as the most widely consulted, innovative and science based version yet.

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Dear Colleague,We are on TOUR again in 2011 – and we will come to your region with fi rst hand information about GLOBALG.A.P and our latest tools and developments. The group of supply chain partners using GLOBALG.A.P certifi cation is continuously growing. During the last few years our members and stakeholders have been working together to improve our standards covering all the main types of primary production including our innovative aquaculture standard. 2011 is the year where the fourth version of the Integrated Farm Assurance Standard becomes effective. This version has many enhanced features, regarding – traceability, pesti-cide use, IPM, water use, and produce microbiological food safety.We look forward to seeing you on a TOUR 2011 stop near you!

SincerelySincerely

Nigel GarbuttNigel GarbuttChairman GLOBALG.A.PChairman GLOBALG.A.P

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Kuala Lumpur, Montevideo, Washington DC and Athens in 2009. Further stakeholder participation was also encour-aged through 3 public consultation periods. More than 500 comments were received for the Crops and Aquaculture standards and more than 200 for the Livestock standards. Comments were received from a wide range of stakeholders from the private/public sectors as well as civil society.

The comments reflected the different cultural and agronomic situations where the GLOBALG.A.P Standards are imple-mented, but in general they requested clearer requirements and compliance criteria as well as deletion of duplication. The new version truly reflects this feedback as well as going further in tackling emerging issues like the microbiological safety of produce and responsible water usage.

On behalf of the GLOBALG.A.P Board I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to making the GLOBALG.A.P Standard Version 4 such a robust and globally applicable reference for Good Agricultural Practice.

2010 marks another special milestone in GLOBALG.A.P’s history.

As well as it being the occasion of our 10th global gather-ing, it heralds the publication of the fourth version of the GLOBALG.A.P Standard.

The revised Standard has taken into account best practice in more than 100 countries worldwide where GLOBALG.A.P is implemented. The consultation process has been the most extensive we have ever managed: round table discussions at the GLOBALG.A.P conference held in Cologne, Germany in 2008 and at the 5 stakeholder dialogues in Nairobi,

Nigel Garbutt,

Chairman GLOBALG.A.P

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NETWORKING 67

THE SYSTEM 49

GOVERNANCE 09

THE STANDARD 23

The GLOBALG.A.P Model 10BuILDING BLOCKS FOR GLOBAL HARMONIzATION

The Strategic Pillars of GLOBALG.A.P 12TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOuNTABILITY

Board Activity Report 14RESPONSIBLE INDuSTRY LEADERSHIP

GLOBALG.A.P Sector Comittees 16RECOGNIzING RESuLTS AFTER FOuR YEARS OF SERVING THE INDuSTRY

Crop Protection Working Group 20ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST 3 YEARS

GOVERNANCE

GLOBALG.A.P Integrated Farm Assurance V4 24THE MOST WIDELY CONSuLTED, INNOVATIVE AND SCIENCE BASED VERSION YET

Version 4 Statistics 26MORE THAN FOOD SAFETY

GLOBALG.A.P Crops Base And Fruit And Vegetables Standard 28MAJOR CHANGES FOR V4

GLOBALG.A.P Livestock Standard 30RESPONSIBLE PRODuCERS FARMING FOR QuALITY CONSCIOuS CONSuMERS

GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Standard 32IN SYNC WITH A DYNAMIC MARKET

GLOBALG.A.P VERSION 4 TRIAL IN JAPAN 36

Certification Statistics 38SHOOTING STARS, HIGH POTENTIALS AND BOOMERS

Social Risk Assessment 44GRASP FOR GLOBALG.A.P SuPPLIERS IS AVAILABLE AND ONLINE NOW

THE STANDARD

GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking 50COOPERATION WITH GFSI

GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking 51INTELLIGENT HARMONIzATION ACROSS THE GLOBE

Certification Bodies 54THE TRuSTED LINK TO THE MARKET

The GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program 58ENSuRING CONFIDENCE AND TRuST

Certification Body Committee 60ASKING AuDITORS’ ADVICE

GLOBALG.A.P Database 62A TOOL FOR TRANSPARENCY

THE SYSTEM

National Technical Working Groups 68MORE LOCAL INPuT IN GLOBALG.A.P STANDARD SETTING

Smallholders 70MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL MARKET ACCESS FOR SMALL SCALE PRODuCERS

GLOBALG.A.P Training 71THE NEW GLOBALG.A.P TRAINING CONCEPT

GLOBALG.A.P Membership 72ACTIVE CONTRIBuTORS TO GLOBAL HARMONIzATION

The GLOBALG.A.P Team 76FIND YOuR CONTACT PERSON!

GLOBALG.A.P PuBLICATIONS 80

MEET GLOBALG.A.P STAFF 81

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GLOBALG.A.P ARRIVES IN NORTH AMERICA

In August GLOBALG.A.P opened an office in Bethesda, Maryland close to Washington, D.C. to provide local support to retailers, food service providers, and primary producers in the U.S. and Canada.

There is a rapidly growing interest in third party food safety certification in the USA as well as important complementary developments in food regulation. GLOBALG.A.P aims to play an active role in these developments by assisting new and existing members to achieve globally harmonized solutions tailored to North American conditions and circumstances.

According to the FDA, a proposed 2011 budget increase will allow the agency to implement core elements of the President’s Food Safety Working Group, and “set standards for food safety, expand laboratory capacity, pilot track and trace technology, strengthen its import safety program, improve data collection and risk analysis and begin to establish an integrated food safety system with strengthened inspection and response capacity.” Key aims and activities will focus on developing and increasing awareness of the GLOBALG.A.P brand as well as adapting its services for the North American market whilst strengthening its position as an internationally accepted standard. GLOBALG.A.P is also working closely with the Good Agricultural Practice Harmonization Initiative run by GLOBALG.A.P member United Fresh, based in Washington, D.C.

GLOBALG.A.P intends to work with other industry stake- holders to progress the implementation and recognition of certification systems. By increasing the number of well- qualified auditors and developing universal food safety auditing criteria, it will ensure that auditors are competent to review a particular facility, discourage duplicative audits,

reduce auditing costs, and encourage wider use of third party certification/audits throughout the food industry. Ultimately, the use of third party certification/audits will reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses.

Another key aim is the recognition of GLOBALG.A.P’s certi-fication processes and certificates by U.S. authorities in their risk assessment of primary producers for both national pro-duction as well as international trade (imports and exports).

GLOBALG.A.P hopes that the FDA and USDA will accept GLOBALG.A.P certificates and registration data to be used and incorporated into their monitoring and control proce-dures for public health and to assist compliance with relevant food and agricultural legislation.

Kristian Moeller has temporarily relocated to Washington, D.C. to establish the office and company, which has been established as a wholly owned subsidiary of FoodPLUS GmbH, reporting to the GLOBALG.A.P Board.

Kristian Moeller will also continue to operate in his role as Secretary of GLOBALG.A.P fully supported by the home office team based in Cologne.

GLOBALG.A.P North America Inc.President: Dr. Kristian Moeller

4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 200Bethesda, MD 20814Tel: + 1 (240) 482 4852Fax: + 1 (240) 482 3759northamerica@globalgap.orgwww.globalgap.org/north-america/

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The GLOBALG.A.P Model

BuILDING BLOCKS FOR GLOBAL HARMONIzATION

The GLOBALG.A.P Model is designed to establish a foundation for achieving harmonized Good Agricultural Prac-tices across the globe. This flexible and easily adaptable model is based on a framework consisting of perfectly coordinated building blocks that inter-link to generate a dynamic process of control, transparency, harmonization and sustainability.

GLOBALG.A.P is all about setting stan-dards that define the practices farms must implement to ensure consumer requirements for safe and sustainable agricultural production. The standards (GLOBALG.A.P call them Control Points and Compliance Criteria - CPCC) are defined by Standards Committees (GLOBALG.A.P Sector Committees) made up of industry experts from the entire supply chain. They also define the cornerstones of the rules (GLOBALG.A.P General Regulations) that establish clear crite-ria for the successful implementation, verification and regulation of the stan-dards. In order to maintain long-term sustainable standards and rules, a governance body (The GLOBALG.A.P Board with support of the Secretariat) undertakes the task of determining strategy, designing the standards

setting process, adopting standards and rules, and providing the legal framework for regulating the certification bodies.

For buyers actively seeking products from certified farms, GLOBALG.A.P can provide this information through a central registry, known as the GLOBALG.A.P Database. This lists all the farms that have been certified as well as all associ-ated certification information. This identification process is fed by a service market of third party auditors and certification bodies; there are more then 130 GLOBALG.A.P approved CBs for producers to choose from. These organizations audit the farms according to the standards and rules and then add them to the registry. The auditors themselves are qualified according to the rules set by gover-nance, thereby establishing yet another trust building link between the marketplace and the standards.

Author: Kristian Moeller

As well as accurate identification the marketplace requires local implementation and adaptation of Good Agricultural Practice. Harmonization of Good Agricul-tural Practice in other standards is achieved through GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking. This provides standards that can be trusted across the globe, but are locally supported which factors in efficiencies. The registry is one measure to build this trust, however another major benefit of a successful harmonization comes with its ability to achieve transparency through the robust GLOBALG.A.P benchmarking process. For this purpose, a single management platform (FoodPLUS GmbH) is set up to facilitate the benchmarking and to operate the registry as well as offer buyers a reliable interface for identifying producers and their benchmarked standards.

Certification integrity is crucial for the successful implementation and harmoni-zation of standards. An integrity system (GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program) sets

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into place a continuous process of quality assurance and improvement into the certification process. Such a program relies on a system of control measures and risk-assessed integrity checks used to monitor and inspect the performance of certification bodies via surveillance visits, as well as following up with complaint management. An independent jury (GLOBALG.A.P In-tegrity Surveillance Committee) made up of industry experts with a local le-gal background judges on assessment findings and, as a corrective measure, can issue enforceable sanctions. These sanctions are anchored in the relevant legal framework and agree-ments with certification bodies. The GLOBALG.A.P Board and Standards Committees review the results of the integrity programs, adopting them into the standards and rules as well as proposing the appropriate changes in the registry.

The GLOBALG.A.P Model not only provides a sound foundation on which to build trust and agricultural sustain-ability in a global market, but also through the interlinking of its compo-nents offers a dynamic flexibility that ensures an ongoing process of harmo-nization, innovation and excellence.

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The Strategic Pillars of GLOBALG.A.P

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOuNTABILITY

The Secretariat’s work program is developed by the Board into an annual activity plan aligned to the key strategic pillars of GLOBALG.A.P, these being: Partnership, Integrity, Benchmarking, Stakeholder Participation, Efficiency and Effectiveness.

1. PartnershipRetailers and producers are equally represented in decision-making committees. GLOBALG.A.P provides open access to certification systems for all producers globally, thereby encouraging the adoption of safe and sustainable agricul-tural practices.

2. IntegrityThe certification process is developed and operated to standards that are industry leading and complement accreditation norms.

3. BenchmarkingOperating principles of independent, fair and transparent benchmarking to demonstrate equivalence and facilitate recognition of national and regional farm assurance schemes.

4. Stakeholder InvolvementMeeting the specific information and data needs of members. Reaching out to key stakeholders particularly government and non-government organizations. Foster an open and con-sultative culture, which contributes to the global effort of har-monizing Good Agricultural Practice certification standards to avoid multiplication of standards, systems and audits.

5. Efficiency and EffectivenessGLOBALG.A.P develops globally relevant, cost effective solutions on behalf of its members. It strives to use internal resources as efficiently as possible.

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The GLOBALG.A.P Board normally meets 4 times a year with regular telephone conference calls to progress and review the many issues involved in the good governance of an international certification scheme. During 2010 the Board undertook an intensive review of the organization’s activities and fee structure, which was last modified in 2007. The review was prompted by the need to establish sustain-able funding for the organization as the last 3 years has seen a significant consolidation within the production sec-tor, with an ongoing shift towards fewer large-sized farms as well as more producers opting for group certification. Both these developments have resulted in a reduction of GLOBALG.A.P revenue. The Board set about identifying those services that contribute towards giving our members a high quality and consistent global certification program.

Strengthened Activities• Improvingtrainingandcapacitybuildingfor

producers to help them achieve Good Agricultural Practice certification

• Aprogramtoreachouttoanever-increasingrange of stakeholders

• AdditionaltrainingforCBsisplannedespeciallyforgroup certification auditors

• IntroducingbaselinerandomassessmentsofCBstofurther ensure globally consistent certification as well as communicating the Integrity Program results

Group training for producers is also set to be a significant investment for 2011 and onwards.

Criteria used for setting new fees:• Afairerdistributionofthefeelevyonlargerfarmswill

be made whilst maintaining the previous levels for the smallest producers

Board Activity Report

RESPONSIBLE INDuSTRY LEADERSHIP

• Retailersandfoodservicememberstoincreasetheircontribution with a higher membership fee based on annual turnover

• IntroductionofthePerCountryFee,whichenablesCBsto share the costs of translation and other in-country support provided by GLOBALG.A.P

GLOBAL StrategyOur “Think Global, Act Local” strategy will be enhanced in 2011 through further support of the National Techni-cal Working Groups as the key vehicle to facilitating the local adaptation, translation and trials of the Standard. GLOBALG.A.P will also provide more regular and frequent communication to producer members in the EU as well as build acceptance for GLOBALG.A.P in the rapidly emerging certification markets of North America and Asia.

The Board approved the establishment of a North American office as a core part of our strategy to have available a globally harmonized Good Agricul-tural Practice certifica-tion standard. Additional producer registrations in these new territories will become the ongoing finance source for these investments, whilst producers and buyers in all regions will gain from the wide availability of a globally accepted benchmark Good Agricultural Practice certification standard.

PartnershipsThe Board also progressed our partnerships with other industry organizations including the Global Food Safety Initiative, moving further towards harmonized food safety standards with all GLOBALG.A.P scopes now having aligned criteria. The benchmarking processes are being reviewed so that both organizations have harmonized and streamlined processes. In addition, the Board kept under review our MoU with WWF on aquaculture and also established a Technical Committee for the social assessment module GRASP as well as looked into how GLOBALG.A.P can further encourage responsible water usage.

Furthermore, several meetings and presentations were held with the OIE, EU Commission, FDA, WTO/International Trade Centre as well as numerous other national governments, intergovernmental organizations and development agencies to discuss the role of private voluntary standards and how they complement both national and international legislation.

A standing agenda item is the ongoing review and devel-opment of the GLOBALG.A.P Integrity and Quality Man-agement Program for our certification activities. The focus for 2010 has been the follow-up of previously identified non-compliances and building feedback into a continuous improvement cycle.

The GLOBALG.A.P Board recognizes that these achieve-ments would not have been possible without the strong commitment of its members, committees, numerous stake-holders as well as the dedicated team in the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat. The Board would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone for their continued and active support.

Author: Nigel Garbutt

RETAILER REPRESENTATION8 Andrea Artoni Quality & Development Manager CONAD soc.coop Italy

3 Hugo Byrnes Director Product Integrity Royal Ahold Netherlands

2 Jorge Hernandez Senior Vice President for Food Safety & Quality Assurance US Foodservice USA

9 Horst Lang Head of Quality Assurance Globus SB Warenhaus Holding Germany

7 Johann Züblin Head of Standards & Social Compliance Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund Switzerland

SuPPLIER REPRESENTATION6 Josse de Baerdemaeker Chairman - Brava cvba Professor - K.U. Leuven Belgium

10 Joan Mir Deputy Managing Director Management & Company Strategy Anecoop Spain

5 Carlos Perez President MARCHELOT S.A. Ecuador

1 Bert Urlings Director Quality & Environment Vion n.V. Netherlands

4 Richard Yudin Technical Manager Fyffes USA

GLOBALG.A.P BOARd mEmBERS 2010

COSTS 2009 (2008)COST ANd REvENUE fOR ThE fINACIAL yEAR 2009 (2008)

The financial result for 2009 (2008 in brackets) contin-ues to reflect the growth of GLOBALG.A.P`s role in the industry. TEUR 3,965 (3,683) of costs were covered by TEUR 4,219 (3,711) of revenues.

The small surplus has been used as a contingency in line with all previous years. The GLOBALG.A.P Board oversees the allocation of financial resources according to the activity plan.

REVENuES 2009 (2008)

Efficiency & Effectiveness16.6% (17.7%)

Integrity & Benchmarking 40.3% (43.0%)

Partnership16.5% (13.2%)

Stakeholder Involvement26.6% (26.1%)

Member Fee13.3% (16.0%)

Registration & Benchmarking Fees 39.7% (35.1%)

Certification Fee29.7% (32.1%)

Event & Training9.0% (15.4%)

Other Revenues8.1% (1.4%)

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The GLOBALG.A.P Sector Committee members, elected by their peers (retailer and producer members) to represent them on an equal basis, are experts in their field and believe that GLOBALG.A.P is a global partnership for safe and sustainable agriculture.

Participation in these committees requires commitment and members devote a substantial amount of their time and energy into the meetings, as well as the resulting tasks and projects. The dedication of the SC members became evident when the revision period was changed from 3 to 4 years and all SC members agreed to serve an additional year on the term that they had initially signed up and were elected for. The Integrated Farm Assurance Standard V4 is the cul-mination of the last 4 years’ work. On behalf of our stake-holders, the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat would like to thank all the SC members for their work.

Willem Hofmans, Quality Manager, Albert Heijn B.V.

The GLOBALG.A.P Integrated Farm Assurance Standard covers

the basic requirements for food safety, environmental and worker health and safety issues that are required by ALBERT HEIJN B.V. Because GLOBALG.A.P is the basis that we select our suppliers on, I have been involved from the very begin-ning in setting up and maintaining the standard. It was an honor to serve as chairman of the F&V Sector Committee for the last 2 terms.

Massimiliano Laghi, Quality Manager, Apofruit

As a member of a producer group who needs to comply with

the requirements from retailers I always thought it was important to contribute to the viability of the requirements. GLOBALG.A.P makes this possible via the Sector Commit-tees, which have a 50:50 participation of retailers and producers. I took on the opportunity with both hands and have been involved since the very beginning, making sure that what is important for retailers is met by what is possible for growers.

Lindi BenicManager, Trade/Market Access Affairs, HORTGRO

My continued participation as a supplier member expert within the

GLOBALG.A.P Fruit and Vegetables SC ensures continuity and focus on critical issues, particularly relevant to suppliers, but also in the broader GLOBALG.A.P context. As a supplier member I support the ongoing efforts towards achieving a realistic approach to global harmonization relating to Good Agricultural Practice, traceability, MRLs, audit certification, worker welfare and environmental issues, with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency and reducing constraints related to cost of compliance to suppliers to ensure overall sustainability. �

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RECOGNIzING RESuLTS AFTER FOuR YEARS OF SERVING THE INDuSTRY

Author: Elmé Coetzer

Aeon Chiyuki Uehara Retailer

Ahold Willem Hofmans Retailer

ALDI Süd Ulf Berbig Retailer

Apofruit Massimiliano Laghi Supplier

Asocolflores Ximena Franco-Villegas Supplier

British Ornamental Plant Producers Jill England Supplier

Dutch Produce Association Paul Bol Supplier

EDEKA Andreas Kreuzmair Retailer

Fazenda Lambari Eduardo Sampaio Supplier

FDF / Chile GAP Ricardo Adonis Supplier

Flamingo Holdings Martin de la Harpe Supplier

FLP (Flower Label Programm e.V.) Silke Peters Supplier

FPEAK / KenyaGAP Stephen Mbithi Supplier

Fruit South Africa/SHAFFE Lindi Benic Supplier

Horticulture NZ Peter Ensor Supplier

KFC (Kenya Flower Council) John Nijenga Supplier

LTO Frank van Oorschot Supplier

METRO Group Claire Bierbach Retailer

Sainsbury´s Supermarkets ltd. Theresa Huxley Retailer

Tesco David Fryer Retailer

Tesco Doug Wicks Retailer

United Fresh Produce Association David Gombas Supplier

Vanguardia do Brazil Anderson Figueiredo Supplier

VBT Raf de Blaiser Supplier

Delhaize Emmanuel Dabin Retailer

Ahold Aldin Hilbrands Retailer

An Bord Bia Jim O'Toole Supplier

ASDA David Mainon Retailer

CBL Anne-Corine Vlaardingerbroek Retailer

Danish Agricultural Food Council Heidie Klingenberg Jørgensen Supplier

INAC Felipe D'Albora Supplier

LTO Han Swinkels Supplier

McDonald's Keith Kenny Retailer

MIGROS Juerg von Niederhaeusern Supplier

PVE Hans Schouwenburg Supplier

PVE Judith Dietvorst Supplier

VLAM Stephaan de Bie Supplier

A.Espersen Alex Olsen Supplier

ACUANAL Jorge Mario Diaz Supplier

Ahold Aldin Hilbrands Retailer

Anova Food BV Jos Exters Supplier

ASDA Stuart Smith Retailer

Binca Seafoods GmbH Peter Niedermeier Supplier

Cumbrian Seafoods Huw Thomas Supplier

Heiploeg BV Mark Nijhof Supplier

Marine Harvest Øyvind Oaland Supplier

Marine Harvest Pieters Anje Mattheeuws Supplier

METRO Group Jan Kranghand Retailer

Scottish Sea Farms John Barrington Supplier

Seachill Nigel Edwards Supplier

Seafood Connection Klaas Jan Mazereeuw Supplier

Skretting / Nutreco Trygve Berg Lea Supplier

Tesco Jodie Johnston Retailer

Findus Sverige AB Ian Michie Supplier

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Crops Sector Committees fruit and vegetablesChairman: Willem HofmansVice-chairman: Paul BolGLOBALG.A.P: Friedrich Lüdeke

flower and OrnamentalsChairman: Martin de la HarpeGLOBALG.A.P: Elmé Coetzer

As part of the revision process of the standard, the Fruit and Vegetables SC has in the past four years created detailed guidance documents for Integrated Pest Manage-ment and for the risk assessment of microbial contamination. They have approved 10 National Interpretation Guidelines (The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Colom-bia, Thailand, Chile, Guatemala, and South Africa) as well as Guides for Smallholders on Plant Protection, Hygiene, Soil & Water and Social & Environment. Stephen Mbithi’s participation as “Smallholder Observer” ensured that the voice of the smallholders was always considered during the decision-making process.

The members of the Flower and Ornamentals SC have contributed to the developments and the modifications in the Crops Base module to ensure that the standard remains applicable to the production of flowers and ornamentals. They have also expanded the product list to cover all production types.

Livestock Sector CommitteeChairman: David MainonVice-chairman: Felipe D’AlboraGLOBALG.A.P: Roland Aumüller

The SC was extremely productive during the past 4 years. In line with the GLOBALG.A.P Rules For Standard Setting, they have developed modules for Turkey (in 2009) and Calf/Young Beef (in 2010) production. The first certificates for Turkey production were issued to German produc-ers in May 2010. The modifications for the revision were

managed through subgroups that worked on the different species. Currently, a subgroup is working on a Transport module with implementation foreseen for January 2011. The SC is also in the process of developing voluntary, species-specific animal welfare requirements that will be available to retailers upon request.

Aquaculture Sector CommitteeChairman: Aldin HilbrandsVice-chairman: Øyvind OalandGLOBALG.A.P: Valeska Weymann

This SC produced several aquaculture modules based on retailer/food service demand. Based on the work of the Shrimp working group, the Shrimp standard was launched in 2008. The development of the Tilapia and Pangasius standards were possible due to the commitment of the Pangasius working group who also made field trials for both standards possible at farm level. These two standards were launched in 2009 and one year later the first producers were certified. The end result of the revision, coupled with more meetings than expected, is an innovative approach to aquaculture certification: One module fits all hatchery-based farmed aquaculture species, including finfish, crustaceans and molluscs.

A working group consisting of members from both the Live-stock and the Aquaculture SCs worked together with experts in the field on the revision of the Compound Feed Manu-facturing Standard (V2). This version, which was released in March 2010, is a step forward in providing updated documents as requested in the Livestock and Aquaculture Base modules.

Election for period 2011-2014SC members are company representatives (GLOBALG.A.P members) who contribute their personal expertise to the work of the committees. Stakeholders can nominate can-didates during the period of 8 - 29 October. The election process will once again be independently managed by KPMG and the elected members will be announced early December 2010.

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Crop Protection Working Group

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST 3 YEARS

The GLOBALG.A.P Crop Protection Working Group (CPWG) was established in 2007 to address several complex is-sues such as the reduction of MRL exceedances, specialty crops/minor use issues, and management tools for retailers to follow up on MRL exceedances. The group members, which were appointed by the GLOBALG.A.P Board, are all experts in the field of crop protection and include retailers, producers, authorities and representatives of the chemical companies.

In 2009 the group successfully developed a guideline checklist as a tool to assist growers to comply with the GLOBALG.A.P Control Points and Compliance Criteria (CPCC) and to help minimize the risk of MRL exceedances. In future, however, all producers are expected to use this checklist as it now forms part of the risk assessment requirement to determine the need for residue testing in the CPCC V4.

The issue of “crops without protection”, i.e. crops where no authorization exists for essential plant protection products that are required for securing crop quality and availability, remains on the agenda of the CPWG. The group has been investigating the scale of this problem and the imbalance that exists between different countries of production.

Currently their task is to find solutions that will facilitate crop production and legitimate and auditable compliance with the standard. In August 2009, Kristian Möller (MD GLOBALG.A.P), Philippe Binard (Freshfel), Jean-François Proust (Forum Phyto) and Nigel Thorgrimsson (ARDO, chair-man CPWG) met for the first time with Michael Flueh (Direc-torate General for Health and Consumer Affairs, European Commission) to discuss this issue.

This is an ongoing task for the CPWG and all possibili-ties are evaluated to ensure that producers can operate in a legal framework and be compliant with GLOBALG.A.P requirements. Nigel Thorgrimsson

Philippe Binard said he sees his participation in the CPWG as part of the fulfillment of Freshfel’s and SHAFFE’s mission in terms of assisting members to comply with the highest safety, environmental and CSR rules/standards and to facili-tate international fresh produce trade. For these reasons, the CPWG will also focus in future on the interpretation of new legislation and guidance on this for producers, while final-izing practical arrangements on the complex issue of minor use, which is not only a crucial point for suppliers but also quite important for the integrity and successful performance of GLOBALG.A.P.

Author: Elmé Coetzer

Abbreviation TermAB Accreditation BodyAMC Approved Modified ChecklistBIPRO Brand Integrity ProgramBMCL Benchmarking ChecklistBMS Benchmarked SchemeCB Certification BodyCBC Certification Body CommitteeCBW Certification Body WorkshopCC Compliance CriteriaCC Combinable CropsCIPRO Certification Integrity ProgramCL ChecklistCO CoffeeCoC Chain of CustodyCP Control PointCPCC Control Points and Compliance CriteriaCPWG Crop Protection Working GroupCS Cattle & SheepDFID UK Department for International

DevelopmentDY DairyEA European co-operation for AccreditationFBS Full Benchmarked SchemeFDA US Food and Drug AdministrationFF FinfishFO Flowers & OrnamentalsFV, F&V Fruit & VegetablesGFSI Global Food Safety InitiativeGR General Regulations

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GLOBALG.A.P Integrated Farm Assurance V4

THE FINAL PRODuCT OF FOuR YEARS OF CONSuLTATION

REvISION ANd PROGRESS TOWARdS 2011

self-assessment and to send their comments. In this way, comments from minority groups were also received, recorded and incorporated.

For more details about the specific changes in the Crops, Livestock or Aquaculture scopes, see related articles in this report. Producers can get certification for their production processes against the IFA standard V4 from 1 January 2011, but it becomes obligatory on 1 January 2012. The standards can be freely downloaded from the GLOBALG.A.P website (under Standards).

GLOBALG.A.P would like to thank the following produ- cers and certifications bodies that voluntarily took part in the trial audits for Fruit and Vegetables V4.

Producers: •PinexCooperativeFarmersand Marketing Society (Ghana) •ATAgrícolaLtda.(Chile) •RanchoMedioKilo,S.deP.R. de R.L. (Mexico) •Omniversal(Japan) •Maruta(Japan) •JAKitahibikiCooperative (Japan) •MatsumotoFarm(Japan) •Driscolls(USA) •WernerMarquardof Altenmedingen (Germany)

Certification Bodies: •Africert •NSF-CMi •NORMEXdeMichoacán •SGSJapan •ControlUnionJapan •DNVJapan •Primuslabs •SGSGermany

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What they are saying about IfA v4

I hope that this experience serves to make the standard much more producer friendly, especially for small scale producers.

Ghanaian smallholder

The GLOBALG.A.P Integrated Farm Assurance Standard for Fruit and Vegetables V4 has been trialed in Japan and we found it to be comprehensive and covering our needs as an Asian retailer. The holistic approach of GLOBALG.A.P has been maintained in V4. The standard is also comparable with the local Japanese standards, such as the “Guideline for Common Base of Good Agriculture Practice” issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Mr. Uehara, Executive Assistant to Chief Merchandising Officer,

Aeon Co., Ltd.

There are better organized parts and more seg-mentalized parts in V4 and it made the GLOBALG.A.P Standard more comprehensive and upgraded. As for the promotion in Japan, the publication of an interpretation guideline is expected.

Japanese grower

Pleased to see that the input from Certification Body Committee and CBs in general are starting to shape the technical content of the GLOBALG.A.P Standard V4 resulting in a more pragmatic and focused auditing process for auditors and producers.

CB representative

The revision of the Integrated Farm Assurance Standard has come to end after a 4-year period of extensive and exacting work (see the updated revision chart). The revision process followed the GLOBALG.A.P Procedures for Stan-dard Setting. In addition to the round table discussions at the GLOBALG.A.P conference held in Cologne, Germany in 2008 and the 5 stakeholder consultation dialogues in Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, Montevideo, Washington DC and Athens in 2009, stakeholder participation was encour-aged through 3 public consultation periods. More than 500 comments were received for the Crops and Aquaculture standards and more than 200 for the Livestock standards. Comments were received from certification bodies, retailers, research centers, universities, NGOs, suppliers and pro-ducers, GLOBALG.A.P National Technical Working Groups, producer organizations, scheme owners, consultants, the animal health industry, and metrology institutes. The com-ments reflected the different cultural and agronomic situa-tions where the GLOBALG.A.P Standards are implemented, but in general the comments requested clearer requirements and compliance criteria as well as deletion of duplication. A summary of comments will be published on the website.

Trial audits on the draft V4 for Fruit and Vegetables were conducted in Japan, USA, Mexico, Chile, Germany and Ghana (see side bar for a list of participants in these volun-tary trials). Overall the producers indicated that the control points were achievable and that the proposed modifications improved the standard.

Aquaculture has taken a unique approach by including all hatchery-based farmed aquaculture species in one module. To ensure that all control points relevant to the different finfish, crustaceans and molluscs species are included in this module, producers and experts were asked to complete a

Feb 2007 SC Meetings Agreement on Main Issues for Revision

June 2007 SC Meetings First Subgroup Meetings

Nov 2007 SC Meetings Feedback from First Subgroup Meetings

Feb 2008 SC Meetings Subgroup Results

June 2008 SC Meetings Subgroup Meetings, Preparation for Conference

Nov 2008 SC Meetings Incorporate Feedback from Conference

Feb 2009 SC Meetings Subgroup Meetings

Nov 2009 SC Meetings Incorporate Feedback from Consultation Dialogues

June 2009 SC Meetings Finalisation of Proposals

Oct 2008 SUmmIT 2008: Implementation ConferenceCall for Stakeholder Comments v4.0

Sep-Nov 2009 TOUR 2009: 5 Round Table Consultation dialogues

June 2010 SC Meetings Incorporate Feedback from Field Trials

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HOLISTIC APPROACH FRuIT AND VEGETABLES | Total number of Control Points: 228

HOLISTIC APPROACH AQuACuLTuRE | Total number of Control Points: 231

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HOLISTIC APPROACH COMPOuND FEED MANuFACTORING | Total number of Control Points: 203

HOLISTIC APPROACH TRANSPORT | Total number of Control Points: 36

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VERSION 4 STATISTICS

MORE THAN FOOD SAFETY

GLOBALG.A.P is holistic. The GLOBALG.A.P Standard is designed to assure consumers that the food they eat is produced according to Good Agricultural Practices. Under continual improvement, Good Agricultural Practices minimize the risk of microbiological contamination, lessen detrimental environmental impacts of farming operations, and ensure a responsible approach to worker health and safety as well as animal welfare. Based on supply chain consensus and product specific consumer expectations, the composition of the elements varies across the GLOBALG.A.P scopes.

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GLOBALG.A.P Crops Base and Fruit and Vegetables Standard

MAJOR CHANGES FOR V4

The Crops Base module has undergone major changes in the process of revising the GLOBALG.A.P Standard, specifically concerning the issues of Irrigation, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Plant Protection Product Residue Analysis (PPP).

IrrigationWater use has become an increasingly important issue in many countries. To reflect this concern, version 4 now raises the level for the justification of the used irrigation method to a Major Must requirement. In addition, the wording of some control points was revised. All the requirements concerning irrigation are now centralized in the Crops Base Module.

Integrated Pest management (IPm)IPM became more prominent in Version 3 and has gained considerable significance in Version 4. Efforts to underline the importance of this aspect of Good Agricultural Practice has led to obligatory compliance against a minimum of one activity in each of the areas of “Prevention”, “Observation and Monitoring” and “Intervention”, raising this to the level of a Major Must requirement. In addition, a guideline and toolbox was developed to provide the producer with more information on how to implement IPM, and is expected to help increase worldwide producer involvement in the prac-tice of Integrated Pest Management.

Plant Protection Product (PPP) UseThe topic of PPP Residue Analysis has been under discus-sion for quite some time now. Hundreds of thousands of samples have been taken globally in efforts to prevent any exceedance of Maximum Residue Levels. However, given the nature of the situation, it became evident in the course

of developments that the process of simply taking samples does not improve control, but has instead led to increased production costs. For this reason, a new approach has been adopted in version 4. Rather than require sampling for residue analysis as a routine measure, it should be based on risk. This means that the producer is required to have a good understanding of the risks leading to the exceedance of Maximum Residue Levels. To this aim a toolbox to facilitate a meaningful risk assessment is now available. If no samples are taken, the producer is required to justify the reasons for this based on his risk assessment. If samples are taken, the producer must follow the set requirements. With this new approach, GLOBALG.A.P has taken another step to improve food safety without putting unnecessary burden on the producer. To cover all applications of chemicals to the prod-ucts, a new control point has been introduced that requires records of all other substances aside from fertilizer and plant protection products.

Changes in the fruit and vegetable module include a new Major Must requirement for a risk assessment for water used for spraying plant protection products, the objective is a reduction in the risk of microbiological contamination. Version 3 of the module already contained requirements regarding the awareness of sources for microbiological contamination, but these did not cover the whole range of contamination sources. For this purpose, a Guideline for the Risk Assessment of Microbial Contamination was established in version 4, which is designed to assist both the producer and the certification bodies to identify potential sources for contamination and thus eliminate or minimize them. The guideline also covers the avoidance of animal activities in the crops.

Author: Friedrich Lüdeke

harvestFollowing the principle adopted by other parts of the stan-dard of first conducting a risk assessment, then establishing a procedure and finally training the workers according to this procedure, a documented hygiene procedure for the harvesting process has now been implemented. The issue of toilet facilities on the fields remains a Minor Must require-ment but now has a broader compliance criteria to facilitate the fulfillment of this requirement in any cultural and geo-graphical environment.

Produce handlingThe use of ice for harvested produce was raised to a Major Must requirement in order to acknowledge the potential danger. Short-term storage is now covered under field har-vest. Rodent and Bird Control is now called Pest Control and covers all pests. A new control point covers the requirement for potable water being used for post-harvest treatments.

Producing organic blueberries is challenging in itself therefore, we have been very happy that in no way does growing organically cause any significant impediment to being GLOBALG.A.P certified. I can think of no single con-flict between the scheme and our rules for organic produc-tion. I wish I could say that there were a few things I would change but I can not think of any one thing. We are very happy with the GLOBALG.A.P scheme and what it tells our customers about the way we conduct ourselves on all of our farms. I have no solid basis to make a comparison with other schemes as we have only used GLOBALG.A.P as our standard.

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GLOBALG.A.P Livestock Standard

RESPONSIBLE PRODuCERS FARMING FOR QuALITY CONSCIOuS CONSuMERS

In the course of revising the GLOBALG.A.P IFA Standard, the Livestock modules V3 underwent an intensive process of modification and improvement that reflects consumer demands for food safety and responsible producers´ attitudes towards Good Agricultural Practice. As a result, Version 4 brings about numerous improvements that have resulted from efforts to achieve up-to-date control point com-pliance with applicable legislation for food safety require-ments, animal welfare and workers’ welfare. Changes in the GLOBALG.A.P Livestock documents are also reflected in the new Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard, the new Calf/Young Beef module, the upcoming Livestock Transport module, and the future voluntary Animal Welfare modules. Amendments made in the Cattle and Sheep, Dairy, Pigs, and Poultry modules are a result of efforts by the Livestock Sector Committee to develop an excellent revision that reflects the current requirements, demands and concerns of both con-sumers and the industry.

Furthermore, there have been developments in the appli-cation of the Turkey standard as well as progress on the benchmarking front.

Compound feed manufacturing Standard (Cfm)The role of compound feed in the process of ensuring food safety along the entire livestock production and supply chain is a highly significant one. The production and sourcing of raw materials plus their processing for quality-assured and compound feed has become a major consumer concern in a market that demands ever-higher standards in the production of meats. In targeted efforts to respond to this consumer and thereby retailer concern, GLOBALG.A.P Livestock and Aqua-culture Sector Committees and experts in the field collaborat-ed on the development of the Compound Feed Manufactur-ing (CFM) Standard V2. CFM defines the control points and

compliance criteria for quality assurance in the production, supply and purchase of raw materials and feed ingredients for compound feed, and covers all the production steps from the purchase, handling and storage to the processing and distribution of compound feed for food producing animals as covered by the GLOBALG.A.P modules. The standard covers commercial compound feed and not home-mixed feed, given that home-mixed feed does not leave the farm it is produced on. Farmers who prepare home mixes must follow criteria already outlined in the Livestock standard and so do not require certification against CFM.

On 1 January 2011, it becomes obligatory for compound feed manufacturers who supply GLOBALG.A.P certified pro-ducers to be certified against the CFM V2 standard. It also becomes obligatory for IFA Livestock certified farms to source their feed from CFM certified compound feed manufacturers or benchmarked standards.

Launched in March 2010, the Compound Feed Manufactur-ing Standard has received a high and positive response from the industry and represents a key achievement in food safety measures for consumers.

New Calf/young Beef module The new Calf/Beef module, launched on 3 March 2010, was jointly developed with the Netherlands, Belgium and Uruguay and bridges the gap to the Cattle and Sheep module. The scope of this module covers young animals of bovine species of any cattle breed from birth up to the age of 12 months kept for the purposes of calf (veal) produc- tion (1- 8 months of age) and young beef production (9-12 months of age) in intensive or extensive production systems, either indoor, outdoor or free-range (suckler herds). This module provides the industry with yet another

quality-assurance tool and thereby promotes consumer confidence in the market.

Benchmarking with dutch IKB In response to demands by food retailers for the harmo-nization of standards, Dutch IKB is now in the process of benchmarking against the GLOBALG.A.P IFA Livestock Pigs and Poultry scopes. In so doing, IKB and GLOBALG.A.P demonstrate compliance and mutual recognition against internationally recognized systems. This further contributes to promoting safety, quality and trust in the market. Producers are set to benefit from the “one-stop audit at the farm gate” advantage, which promises a reduction of duplication and auditing costs as well as international recognition.

Turkey StandardThe Turkey standard, launched in 2009, is gaining high ac-ceptance. In May 2010, the first certificates were awarded to two poultry producers for Heidemark Mästerkreis, one of the leading manufacturers of turkey products in Germany.

Livestock Transport moduleThe issue of appropriate livestock transports has aroused much criticism and debate over the past years. Animal welfare is of high consumer interest and this includes how animals are transported to and from production facilities. To respond to this increasingly significant demand for high animal welfare standards in livestock transport, the Livestock Sector Committee is currently in the process of developing a Livestock Transport module, due for public consultations in early August and scheduled to launch by 1 January 2011. The standard will provide a quality assurance system outlin-ing livestock transport requirements and is based on EU regu-lations. However, the standard is also set to take into account transport distances in different countries and continents.

This development reflects the high emphasis GLOBALG.A.P places on animal welfare friendly production systems.

voluntary Animal Welfare modulesIn addition to the broad integration of animal welfare in its Livestock Modules, GLOBALG.A.P is currently developing voluntary animal welfare modules that can be requested by the retailer in future. These are designed as species-specific add-on tools to ensure higher levels of animal well-being and welfare in livestock production.

Pigs and poultry will be the first additions to the Voluntary Animal Welfare Modules, as these are expected to play the most important roles in the future global supply of animal protein and are regarded by consumers as the most critical species. For this reason, GLOBALG.A.P is in the process of developing these additional customized modules outlining further criteria and requirements for maintaining the welfare of these animals to complement the existing modules.

In the case of pigs, one of the major concerns involves the issue of castration. Under EU regulations, castration can be performed without the use of anesthetics on male piglets up to 7 days after birth. Taking into account new animal welfare standards, the GLOBALG.A.P voluntary module shall require that castration can only be performed from the first day under anesthesia. For the Poultry Welfare module the major issue covered will involve stocking densities and hous-ing environment conditions. Amendments have been made concerning the new broiler directive, which is set to integrate the latest science-based requirements for welfare-upgraded broiler production.

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GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Standard

IN SYNC WITH A DYNAMIC MARKET

A rise in health and environmental awareness has led con-sumers worldwide to voice their concerns regarding not only the safety of the foods they consume but also the conditions under which it is being produced. Aquaculture is the fastest growing food-producing sector in the world, making this consumer concern a top priority. In their efforts to respond to consumer demands for products that are responsibly farmed under ecologically sound and controlled conditions, produc-ers and retailers are increasingly relying on standards that provide reliability, credibility, transparency and, more impor-tantly, promote an environment of trust in their markets.

The GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Standard offers the indus-try the best tool on the market to rely on as a business-to-business certification system, covering the entire production chain ranging from the broodstock, seedlings and feed suppliers, to the farming, harvesting and processing stages. This set of standards clearly defines the regulations and conditions for food safety requirements, animal welfare, workers welfare, farm/site management and traceability.

The Compound feed manufacturing StandardThe Aquaculture Standard also requires that compound feed used at the aquatic farming and hatchery levels should stem from reliable sources. In March 2010 GLOBALG.A.P launched the Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard for

certification purposes to support this need. The standard de-fines compound feed as all raw materials that are subject of risk assessment. In the case that compound feed may contain fishmeal and/or fish oil, the species of fish used and its re-spective country of origin must be identified. The compound feed must also demonstrate proof that it does not contain species classified as critically endangered or endangered on the IUCN Red List.

A New EraGLOBALG.A.P is now proud to present a new era of aqua-culture certification. As a result of round tables on 4 conti-nents as well as three public consultations, the scope of the GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Standard has been expanded in the new Version 4 to include any hatchery-based species that can be produced under controlled aquatic systems. This new version reflects a compact and more comprehensive standard for users, stepping into a stricter level of compli-ance in key activities identified throughout the last years from farm and certification experience. From the launch of the previous version in 2007 until the third quarter of 2010, 500 comments were received from stakeholders represent-ing 116 organizations worldwide that comprise certification bodies, retailers, research centers, universities, NGOs, sup-pliers, farmers, GLOBALG.A.P National Technical Working Groups for Aquaculture, producer organizations, scheme

owners, consultants, the food service industry, the animal health industry, and metrology institutes.

For the GLOBALG.A.P Version 4 for Aquaculture, we have built a new aquaculture standard that aims at being able to certify any aquaculture species. However we exclude species that cannot be bred under controlled circumstances given the sustainability implications this might have on wild stocks. We hope many stakeholders will again work with us.

Aldin Hilbrands, Senior Manager Product Integrity of Royal Ahold

and Chairman of the GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Sector Committee

We look forward to the first tilapia producers in Latin America and SE Asia in the coming months to become com-pliant to the Tilapia Aquaculture Dialogue standards through our interim partnership with GLOBALG.A.P. and the joint audit arrangements. Jose R. Villalon, Managing Director of the

WWF-US Aquaculture Program

In addition, GLOBALG.A.P certified products automatically undergo Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) as an integral part of the certification process. This ensures that aquaculture farms not only make animal welfare consider-ations, but that they are also expected to assess the impact of their farming practices on their immediate environment, thereby encouraging environmental awareness.

ImpactThe credibility of the GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Standard stems from its development process, which relies on the input of all the stakeholders through transparent and inclusive standard setting procedures and involves conducting field trials, public consultations, face-to-face round tables and open dialogues.

GLOBALG.A.P works with accredited third-party certification bodies operating worldwide to offer the best platform of aquaculture professionals and provides a key reliability aspect by performing spot checks to evaluate the perfor-mance of both farms and certification bodies. �

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GLOBALG.A.P Chain of CustodyGLOBALG.A.P‘s Aquaculture set of Standards also covers reliable seedling and feed sourcing into farm activities. Retaining GLOBALG.A.P certified status during processing by request of the next buyers in the food chain is possible through the GLOBALG.A.P Chain of Custody.

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✓ Site Management ✓ Reproduction - Broodstock & Seedlings ✓ Chemicals ✓ Occupational Health & Safety ✓ Fish Welfare - Management and Husbandry ✓ Harvesting ✓ Sampling and Testing ✓ Feed Management ✓ Pest Control ✓ Environmental Management Biodiversity inclusive ✓ Water Usage and Disposal ✓ Social Criteria

• CHAINOFCUSTODY 1st processing after harvesting is compulsory.

✓ Proper segregation of certified/ non-certified products ✓ Hygiene system in place

GLOBALG.A.PAQUACULTUREV4INBRIEF:GLOBALG.A.P also offers seafood buyers a database that provides an additional measure of transparency and control.

GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture has been implemented in 15 countries worldwide for the Version 3, covering Salmonids, Shrimp, Tilapia and Pangasius.

For the Version 4, the species coverage is extensive and the GLOBALG.A.P platform of certification bodies is ready to attend to any farm wherever its location in order to support responsible sourcing needs. This Version 4 reflects continu-ous improvement built on the valuable feedback gained from producer and consumer requirements. GLOBALG.A.P will continue operating in a modular approach at farm level and, for the first processing after harvesting, compulsory GLOBALG.A.P Chain of Custody certification will also con-tinue to be reinforced. This important certification defines the requirements for hygiene and proper segregation of certified and no-certified products for the processing operation unit.

Through the GLOBALG.A.P Number identification (GGN), certificates can reflect the origin of the farmed product as well as the processing, packing, warehouse, transport or any stage of the food production chain when purchasers re-quire proper identification of GLOBALG.A.P certified source.

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GLOBALG.A.P VERSION 4 TRIAL IN JAPAN

In Japan, local certification bodies, farmers, suppliers, retailers, agricultural input manufacturers and consultants have been collaborating on the evaluation process of the latest Control Points and Compliance Criteria (CPCC). This year sees the launch of the GLOBALG.A.P IFA Standard Version 4, and the major challenge of introducing a new version is to evaluate whether the proposed changes are comprehensible and can actually be implemented under all circumstances. As the CPCC are written by Sector Com-mittees and interpreted by the National Technical Working Groups, members of the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat travel around the world and perform trials, audits and inspections to verify the changes before publishing the new standard.

In this context, a member of the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat staff visited Japan from 26-30 April 2010. After initial meet-ings with the project members, several farms were visited firstly on Hokkaido Island in the north of Japan and then further south on Kyushu Island. These field visits focused primarily on the changes in V4 and were conducted in the frame of a general shortened GLOBALG.A.P inspection. Operational GLOBALG.A.P farming records were not checked in detail and the compliance level of the farms was not assessed because these were not GLOBALG.A.P or CIPRO inspections. The producers were given a wide opportunity to ask for clarification concerning the standard.

At the end, all the participants gathered for a final meeting to agree on the results. The trial visit gave all the parties involved the opportunity to ask all their general questions, also those not directly related to the changes in V4.

The visit resulted in gaining valuable feedback on the new version. Furthermore, all the parties agreed on the establish-ment of a National Technical Working Group in Japan. This will have the primary tasks of providing good Japanese translations of the new V4 as well as providing national interpretation guidelines according to local production cir-cumstances. It is also expected to publish these interpretation guidelines in the near future.

GLOBALG.A.P would like to thank all the parties involved for their hard work and excellent preparation:

� AEON: Mr. Uehara, Mrs. Kawashima

� SGS Japan: Mr. Otake, Mr. Mizuta

� Control Union Japan /FEM: Mr. Yamaguchi, Mr. Omura

� Omniversal: Mr. Kitagawa

� Maruta: Mr. Hara

� JA Kitahibiki Cooparative’s staff and producers: Mr. Kanda, Mr. Osawa and Mr. Yokosawa

� Matsumoto Farm

� DNV Japan: Mr. Osada

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Looking at the overall statistics, the results can be sum-marized as follows: Continuous growth – the number of GLOBALG.A.P certificates has passed the 100,000 mark, with fruit and vegetables still as the dominant scope, but with significant growth potential in aquaculture and now also in livestock, as well as a rise in group certification as the preferred option.

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ProduceWhen comparing the country statistics for fruit and vegetables, three growth patterns of countries stick out:

Shooting stars are countries that have experienced major changes within the last 12 months, going from a

few certified farms to more than 50. These countries can be found in three continents: South Korea, Pakistan and Vietnam in Asia; Ghana, Tanzania and Madagascar in Africa; and Bosnia/Herzegovina and Malta in Europe.

high potential countries have more than doubled their number of certified farms from a base larger than 100. These are the Palestinian Territories and the Dominican Republic.

Boomer countries that have added more than 500 certi-fied growers within the last 12 months are Spain, Italy, Peru, Turkey, Germany, and Guatemala. Especially remarkable is

Author: Kristian Moeller

the increase in certification in Spain, bypassing Italy now in 2010 as the country with most certified producers. In 2010, every fifth producer in GLOBALG.A.P comes from Spain.Yet, some consolidation has taken place in Greece, Thai-land and Mali, where the number of certified growers has observed significant shrinkage. GLOBALG.A.P stakeholders and the Secretariat are looking into those cases and seeking to provide support where needed.

LivestockGLOBALG.A.P livestock certification has its widest ap-plication in the pig and the poultry modules. The majority of the 122 certified pig farms operate in Spain and Italy.

GLOBALG.A.P certified poultry certification is concentrated in Brazil, Hungary and China with 94 farms in total.

AquacultureThe largest geographic expansion can be observed in the GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture scopes. With salmon, shrimp and now pangasius and tilapia, 144 mainly larger farms have received their GLOBALG.A.P certification status, in 19 countries on all continents, offering over 500 thousand tons of harvested products leaving the farms, which are composed of Shrimp (70.000 tons), Tilapis (30.000 tons) Salmon (335.000) and Pangasius (95.000 tons)

CERTIFIED PRODuCERS

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Argentina 1100Armenia 1Australia 108Austria 2228Azerbaijan 1Belgium 3306Belize 18Bolivia 1Bosnia/Herzegovina 97Brazil 671Bulgaria 9Burkina Faso 295Cameroon 2Canada 43Chile 2352China 254

Colombia 548Costa Rica 310Côte d'Ivoire 238Croatia 84Cyprus 855Czech Republic 89denmark 99Dominica 6Dominican Republic 867Ecuador 644Egypt 377Ethiopia 11faroe Isl. 7France 3009Gambia 2Georgia 1

Germany 8571Ghana 426Greece 11193Guadeloupe 34Guatemala 1293Guinea 40honduras 13Hungary 1372India 2003Indonesia 6Iran 1Ireland 32Israel 1451Italy 18353Jamaica 2Japan 88

Jordan 17Kenya 395Korea (South) 46Latvia 1Lebanon 7Lithuania 1macao 1Macedonia 16Madagascar 190Malaysia 21Mali 91Malta 109Martinique 52Mexico 101Moldova 6Morocco 415

Mozambique 2Namibia 13Netherlands 5510New zealand 1661Nicaragua 1Norway 59Oman 1Pakistan 96Palestinian Territories 331Panama 48Peru 1488Philippines 5Poland 1048Portugal 411Puerto Rico 4Romania 57

Saint Lucia 5Saint Vincent/GrenadinesSaudi Arabia 1Senegal 167Serbia/Montenegro 16Slovakia 16Slovenia 9South Africa 1841Spain 20833Sri Lanka 23Suriname 1Swaziland 6Sweden 17Switzerland 61Taiwan 65Tanzania 70

Thailand 595Tunisia 242Turkey 3034Uganda 5ukraine 1united Kingdom 50united States 360uruguay 73venezuela 1Vietnam 305Zambia 3zimbabwe 18

TOTAL 102586

CERTIFIED PRODuCERS WORLDWIDE

PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK

PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION

OF GOOD AGRICuLTuRAL PRACTICE

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Are you aware of the social practices of your GLOBALG.A.P certified suppliers? GLOBALG.A.P offers you a tried and tested one-stopshop solution ready at your fingertips: The GLOBALG.A.P Risk Assessment on Social Practice (GRASP) is now available and online for implementation in an increasing number of countries. GRASP was developed to raise awareness on social practice in primary prduction. It delivers an add-on assessment to the annual GLOBALG.A.P certification audit, making it a highly effective and efficient tool.

Ask for your reserved Online Access Code and find out which of your producers have already received a GRASP assessment. You also get access to their assessment results.

This service is free for all GLOBALG.A.P member companies.Simply sign and return the “Terms of Reference for the Autho-rized Access to the GRASP Results” (see page 13 of Annex III of the GRASP General Regulations V 1.0).

The GLOBALG.A.P Database support team will then grant you the user-role “GRASP Observer” and provide you with your login and password. With this login you can enter the GLOBALG.A.P Database and access your suppliers’ GRASP

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results. This service comes with a database manual that explains how to use the online search.

Social Risk Assessments are country specific as they rely on national labour laws. For this reason, GRASP assessments can only be conducted in countries with GLOBALG.A.P published implementation guidelines. These have been completed for the following countries: Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico, Vietnam, South Africa,Spain/Almería,andMorocco.Andmorearebeingdeveloped, with Argentina, Italy, Israel, Peru and the USA in the pipeline.

Are you missing a country? Contact us and we will initiate efforts to build a guideline for that country as well.

Looking forward to welcoming you to the group of GLOBALG.A.P stakeholders with a special interest in socially responsible sourcing!

Visit our website for extensive information about GRASP.

For more information please contact Kerstin Uhlig at uhlig@globalgap.org.

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Nigel GarbuttChairman, GLOBALG.A.P

After almost 5 years of stake-holder consultation and dialogue in

more than 20 countries on 5 continents, we are very proud to offer the GRASP Module to the sector, as a practical tool to promote good social practice complementing the GLOBALG.A.P Standards in primary production. During this period we have trained more than 150 auditors to conduct GRASP assessments, and developed 14 national interpre-tation guidelines of the module in local multistakeholder workshops.

Florian SchützeHead of International Society & Environment Division, Lidl

In our understanding of being a responsible retail company, it is

our fundamental ambition to align social and environmental issues within the supply chain. Part of this responsibility is to promote and monitor social compliance in our business relations with farmers and suppliers. Complementary to Lidl’s engagement in BSCI, we see the GRASP module as a fundamental tool to identify potential weaknesses of our suppliers regarding social minimum criteria, in order to be able to commonly develop solutions that are fitting our daily working reality.

Claire BierbachStrategic Quality Management Internal External Infrastructure,METRO AG

“METRO Group is actively pursuing compliance of high standards along the complete supply chain. Comprehensive quality assurance and obser-vance of environmental aspects and human rights enable us to offer a broad and top-quality product range. As a retailing company in direct contact with our consumers of fresh products, METRO Group’s participation on the GRASP project is essential. METRO Group stands up for its respon-sible position in order to supply our customers with safe as well as socially and ethically sourced food. The dialogue between the different parties within the GRASP workshops on the criteria of good social practices is very important for METRO Group to claim and ensure the reliability of safe and social procedures.

Sibyl Anwander Phan-huyHead of Quality and Sustainability,Coop Switzerland

The GRASP Module is easy to implement on farm level. It enables

the establishment of elementary steps for the good man-agement of human resources on farms, like documentation on the employed staff, salaries, working times, complaint procedures, etc. Implementing the GRASP Module creates good conditions for improving the social dialogue between farmers and employees. In the course of the development of national interpretations, stakeholders are systematically involved, giving a strong local credibility to the GRASP Module. Coop is highly convinced by the concept of a one-stop visit on farm level, and appreciates that results from the GRASP assessments will be made available in the GLOBALG.A.P Database. As of benefit for farmers, we sup-port the cooperation of GLOBALG.A.P with other initiatives active in this field, like BSCI Primary Production, Fair Trade and others.

Carsten Schmitz-HoffmannHead of Programme for Social and Environmental Standards,Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische zusammenarbeit (GTz) GmbH

The GRASP Module was developed through the com-bined efforts of industry players, food producers and civil society, thus setting a precedent for cooperation in achiev-ing sustainable business practices. The commitment of all actors was crucial for ensuring the accuracy and feasibility of the tool at all business levels. The GRASP Module takes a first step in raising awareness of workers’ labour rights consciousness on farm level; it is a compass for corrective action in creating a good working environment, embedded in sound agricultural practices. We see the GRASP Module as an easy-to-apply tool, having a great potential in forging links between good agricultural practices and social accountability.

uwe BockiusHead of Division, EDEKA Fruchtkontor

As a leading German food retailer, for decades now the EDEKA

Group has assumed responsibility – for its product range, for the environment and for consumers. In addition to strict qual-ity assurance, it is important for us to ensure that the products we market are also produced under socially responsible conditions. In the context of fruit and vegetable production, GLOBALG.A.P’s GRASP module is a major element for us, so that we can do justice to this commitment.

Jürg von NiederhäusernManager Standards, Migros

GLOBALG.A.P’s GRASP module is a useful tool for us for

assuming responsibility in agricultural production, actively involving farmers. For us, promoting the GRASP Module on a risk-assessment basis means that we can rapidly gain an overview on the social situation among our suppliers and their farmers. Based on the GRASP assessment, further and locally adapted measures can be introduced to improve the social situation on farm level. In order to avoid duplication, a close collaboration with other specialized programs like BSCI or Fairtrade, etc. is crucial.

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GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking

COOPERATION WITH GFSIGLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking

INTELLIGENT HARMONIzATION ACROSS THE GLOBE

Jürgen Matern

Nigel Garbutt

Improving Worldwide Recognition of food Safety Criteria Partnerships from farm to fork

Further to the co-operation agreement signed by the Chairman of GLOBALG.A.P and the Global Food Safety Initiative in Feb 2009, the Fruit and Vegetable, Aquaculture and Livestock scopes’ food safety elements have gained for-mal recognition with the GFSI. This is a major step forwards in terms of harmonizing food safety requirements for produc-ers and improving their acceptance amongst retailers.

In May this year the agreement was extended to streamline benchmarking and industry recognition of primary produc-tion and feed standards. There will be one common set of food safety key elements and requirements for the manage-ment of schemes for the scope of primary production and feed, mutually recognized and managed in parallel by GFSI and GLOBALG.A.P.

The benchmarking process for food safety will be aligned with the GFSI Guidance Document benchmarking process and the GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking Regulations.

Schemes successfully benchmarked by either organization will receive mutual recognition.

A regular compliance check will be carried out by a joint working group to review and assess the work undertaken by either organization.

There will be a common set of sanctions for scheme owners who are found to deviate from the requirements set out in the GFSI Guidance Document and the GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking Regulations.

Benchmarking is one of the key strategic pillars on which GLOBALG.A.P is built, and this for a significant reason. There are a multiple of local and national standards and schemes all over the world, each operating with its own set of rules and guidelines adapted to the local require-ments and environment. While this may be sufficient to serve a local market, in our global world this system of several standards all operating solely within their own re-gional borders leads to large-scale inefficiencies reflected in missed economic opportunities, unreliable and complex stan-dards, and an international food industry that is burdened by too many inefficient checks, controls, duplications and redundancies. The GLOBALG.A.P benchmarking process aims at achieving harmonization with other national and local standards and is a direct response to an industry that not only demands standards it can trust across the globe, but that are also adapted to local requirements, conditions and factors. Through its harmonization efforts, GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking aims to promote an environment of integrity, transparency and reliability in the international food industry, thereby actively increasing awareness of food safety, animal welfare, workers welfare and environmental protection around the world.

GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking is open to all interested national and local schemes. The process of obtaining GLOBALG.A.P recognition consists of an extensive evalu-ation process in which applications undergo a detailed document review, an international peer review among GLOBALG.A.P member organizations and a parallel audit on a selected site of the applicant schemes. Impartiality of the evaluation is further guaranteed by the key partici-pation of independent accreditation bodies (DAkkS and JAS-ANZ) along the entire process.

There are two ways of obtaining GLOBALG.A.P recognit- ion. The Full Benchmark (FB) category means that the applicant’s normative documents are benchmarked against the GLOBALG.A.P General Regulations (GR), outlining the rules for certification bodies to follow when certifying producers, and the Control Points and Compliance Criteria (CPCC) that define the compliance requirements for pro-ducers. The Approved Modified Checklist (AMC) category requires that the applicant’s standards be benchmarked only against the GLOBALG.A.P Control Points and Com-pliance Criteria (CPCC). Here schemes benefit from the GLOBALG.A.P structure for CB administration support. In addition, both categories of recognition gain full access to the GLOBALG.A.P Database.

The GLOBALG.A.P benchmarking process creates a high level of transparency and integrity that promotes trust and confidence in the food industry. Retailers and traders can place their trust in GLOBALG.A.P recognized certificates issued under benchmarked schemes, relying on the knowl-edge that the highest food safety and quality assurance measures have been met. This reputation is immensely valuable to the scheme owners, the certification bodies and the producers. In addition, the GLOBALG.A.P benchmarking process allows for adaptation to local conditions at a high standard, thereby maintaining both the integrity of the brand as well as respecting local requirements and conditions.

By aligning with the internationally recognized standards and control systems of GLOBALG.A.P, national and local schemes benchmarked enjoy immediate international recog-nition. Benchmarked schemes can differentiate themselves on the B2B level, their standards demonstrating compliance

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Sub-scope Country Scheme Name

FuLLY BENCHMARKED SCHEMESFV Austria AMAGAPFO Colombia FlorverdeFV Germany QS-GAPFO Kenya KFC Silver StandardFO Netherlands MPS-GAPLS Netherlands IKBFV New Zealand New Zealand GAPFV Spain UNE155000FV Switzerland SwissGAP HortikulturFV UK Assured Produce

with high food safety and quality assurance industry require-ments. GLOBALG.A.P benchmarking offers recognition of a wide variety of product scopes in the pre-farm production.

Certification bodies benefit from the continuous improve-ment and consultation process that is an integral part of the GLOBALG.A.P system. Auditors receive an online training developed to ensure that their expertise and knowledge base is harmonized across the globe.

Producers certified against GLOBALG.A.P benchmarked schemes profit enormously through their ability to access markets that were previously unavailable to them. They dem-onstrate awareness and compliance of international Good Agricultural Practice standards that are required by the food industry, making their products highly attractive to retailers

across the globe. Furthermore, the “one-stop audit at the farm gate” policy is a major advantage of GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking. Producers reduce considerable costs of local controls and audits by eliminating double certification for products that have more than one market destination.

The GLOBALG.A.P benchmarking system offers retailers added transparency, a crucial factor in the global food industry. All the benchmarked schemes, certification bodies and producers are registered in the GLOBALG.A.P Database and are covered by the scope of the GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program. Retailers can easily access this data to perform instant checks on the status of a particular producer and scheme. The benchmarking process also provides a platform for retailers and suppliers to contribute feedback and com-ments during the evaluation process of a national scheme.

This ensures that evaluations are also based on current and up-to-date industry concerns and gives the industry the opportunity to play an active role in shaping the standards.

To date, there are 20 GLOBALG.A.P benchmarked schemes operating in 30 different countries worldwide. Applicants can apply for all the existing GLOBALG.A.P sub-scopes. Initially, most of benchmarked schemes fell under the Fruit and Vegetable sub-scope, however new sub-scopes have re-cently been added through the newly benchmarked schemes in Aquaculture (SalmonGAP), Flowers (KFC), and Livestock (CNMPU).

If you are seeking to develop your own standard internation-ally, GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking can provide you with ex-cellent tools and support. GLOBALG.A.P invites associations

to take advantage of the successful GLOBALG.A.P system. Associations that base their standards on GLOBALG.A.P principles save on development and administration costs by implementing a GLOBALG.A.P operational structure, complete with database support and certification body management. By gaining GLOBALG.A.P approval, new benchmarked standards also enjoy international recognition, a valuable advantage in a highly competitive global market.

For more information, please contact Ignacio Antequera at antequera@globalgap.org or +49 221 579 938 74.

APPROVED MODIFIED CHECKLISTFV Brazil MUTUMGAPFV Chile CHILEGAPFF Chile SalmonGAPFV China CHINAGAPFV Colombia ColombiaGAPFV France BANAGAPFF Ireland IQSFV Japan JGAPFV Kenya KENYAGAPFV Mexico MEXICO GAPFV South Korea ATGAP FV Spain NATURANEFV Spain NATURSENSEFV Sweden IP SIGILL GAPFV Thailand THAIGAPLS Uruguay CNMPU - Certified

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GLOBALG.A.P provides producers with a choice of specially trained and highly competent auditors on a global scale.

Currently, there are 135 GLOBALG.A.P approved certifica-tion bodies offering a choice of local representation in 80 countries, issuing certificates in 100 countries worldwide. Only a very few certification systems operate on such a global scale.

Each CB must have received approval by the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat and signed a License and Certification Agree-ment (LCA) before conducting GLOBALG.A.P inspections and audits. One condition for that approval is that they gain ISO Guide 65 accreditation to the relevant scope of the GLOBALG.A.P Standard and subsequently qualify all auditors and inspectors as well as register them with GLOBALG.A.P.

It is recommended to check the GLOBALG.A.P website before entering a certification agreement with a CB or extending the existing contract, in order to confirm the approval status and product scope of the CB in question.

The Technical Newsletter for CBsGLOBALG.A.P introduced a technical newsletter for the CBs, the “Technical News for Certification Bodies”, that compiles all upcoming technical information in a concise manner and facilitates communication. This technical newsletter is periodi-cally available for all approved and provisionally approved CBs as well as for all accreditation bodies and benchmarked scheme owners. Main features included:

• The update of the GLOBALG.A.P Chain of Custody Standard became valid from January 2010. Summary

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of changes in updated Version 2.0 - 4 Jan2010 is applicable and certification is available for GLOBALG.A.P sub-scopes Tea & Coffee and the entire Aquaculture scope

• GLOBALG.A.P Risk Assessment on Social Practice (GRASP) became available for implementation. Approval is granted per auditor, and not per CB. Auditors need to pass the GRASP online training and attend a classroom GRASP training for ap- proval. A checklist tool has been introduced in the GLOBALG.A.P Database to upload GRASP results

• The new General Regulations V3.1 have been ready for implementation for all scopes of the Integrated Farm Assurance Standard since November 2009

• The new GLOBALG.A.P Compound Feed Manufac-turing (CFM) Standard V2.0 has been available for certification for all CBs since its launch in March 2010. Compound feed manufacturers supplying feed to farms certified against the GLOBALG.A.P IFA Livestock/Aqua-culture standard need to achieve CFM certified status by 1 January 2011

CB AdministrationThe GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat offers continuous support to CBs from their initial application to the ongoing global operation of all CBs. A CB Extranet facilitates the CB approval process by assisting them to track their application step-by-step. It also grants access to a platform of information regarding announcements, required actions, and updates of all relevant GLOBALG.A.P normative documents stored in an online “Document Center”.

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Each year at least one representative of the approved CBs is required to participate in a GLOBALG.A.P CB workshop. This provides a forum harmonization and calibration, as well as an opportunity to meet and network with other CBs.

Accreditation BodiesBuilding a Network of Independent OversightThe 135 GLOBALG.A.P CBs are accredited by 24 accre-ditation bodies, all of which are signatories of the Interna-tional Accreditation Forum (IAF) or EA multilateral agreement (MLA) on Product Certification. GLOBALG.A.P builds upon the harmonization process of accreditation practices among these national organizations by requesting the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with each of them. This MoU has been agreed with the IAF and includes a range of cooperation and information features. One of them is the GLOBALG.A.P invitation to an annual meeting of all accreditation bodies to discuss only GLOBALG.A.P related matters. In November 2009, 29 of them attended this 2-day workshop, an outstanding effort that is truly beneficial to the entire industry.

Another feature is the access to the GLOBALG.A.P CB Extranet via the AB Extranet view that provides all the infor-mation concerning directly affiliated CBs to the responsible accreditation body, hereby granting the same level of up-to-date documentation and communication records between GLOBALG.A.P and the CB.

Location Accreditation BodyArgentina OAA – Organismo Argentino de

AcreditaciónAustralia & New Zealand

JAS-ANZ – Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand

Austria BMWA – Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit – Österreich

Belgium BELAC – Belgian Accreditation BodyBrazil INMETRO – Instituto Nacional de Metrolo-

gia, Normalização e Qualidade IndustrialBulgaria BAS - Bulgarian Accreditation ServiceChina CNAS - China National Accreditation

Service For Conformity AssessmentCzech Republic

CAI – Czech Accreditation Institute

Denmark DANAK – Danish National Body for Accreditation

Finland FINAS – The Finnish Accreditation ServiceFrance COFRAC – Comité Français

d’Accreditation Germany DAkkS - Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle

GmbH Greece ESYD – Hellenic Accreditation System S.A.Ireland INAB – Irish National Accreditation BoardItaly ACCREDIA - L'Ente Italiano di

AccreditamentoLithuania LA – Lithuanian National Accreditation

BureauMéxico EMA – Entidad Mexicana de AcreditaciónNetherlands RvA – Dutch Accreditation Council Norway NA – Norwegian AccreditationPoland PCA – Polish Centre for AccreditationSlovakia SNAS – Slovak National Accreditation

Service Slovenia SA – Slovenian Accreditation South Africa SANAS – South African National Accredi-

tation SystemSpain ENAC – Entidad Nacional de

AcreditaciónSweden SWEDAC – Swedish Board for Accredita-

tion and Conformity Assessment Switzerland SAS – Swiss Federal Office of Metrology

and Accreditation, Swiss AccreditationTaiwan TAF – Taiwan Accreditation FoundationUnited Kingdom

UKAS – United Kingdom Accreditation Service

USA ANSI – American National Standards Institute

As of June 2010

Online TrainingFirst-Hand Knowledge at the Auditors’ FingertipsAll qualified inspectors and auditors who conduct GLOBALG.A.P audits for an approved CB are registered in the GLOBALG.A.P Database and have access to the GLOBALG.A.P Online Training for the entire period of the validity of the particular standard version – a valuable and readily available resource for detailed document inter-pretation. With the successful completion of one online test per revision period (once every 4 years), they maintain their GLOBALG.A.P auditor and inspector status.

The online training is currently available for the General Regulations, the sub-scope Fruit and Vegetables and the complete Aquaculture Base Scope.

To meet the needs of approximately 1700 inspectors and auditors performing GLOBALG.A.P audits around the globe, the online exams are available in 10 different languages.

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The GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program

ENSuRING CONFIDENCE AND TRuST

With more than 100,000 certified producers operating in over 85 countries, and more than 1600 inspectors and audi-tors working for over 130 GLOBALG.A.P approved certifica-tion bodies (CBs), the GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program is designed to ensure a consistent delivery and execution of the standard worldwide as well as a feedback mechanism to continuously improve all aspects of the system in what is a pioneering program; the first of its kind in the realm of food certification. Ensuring trust and confidence in the system are a major priority for the GLOBALG.A.P Board and Secretariat.

On-site verification in the frame of the Certification Integrity Program (CIPRO) provides access to first-hand feedback about the practical implications of the GLOBALG.A.P standards as well as the means to follow up and investigate complaints, rumors and fraud.

Challenges WorldwideThe GLOBALG.A.P Integrity program faces the challenging task of monitoring more than 130 accredited certification bodies worldwide including their local branches. This means performing on-site producer cross checks as well the certifi-cation body audits. To underpin the integrity of the system more than 1500 registered certification body inspectors/auditors must be trained and the GLOBALG.A.P Standard is now carefully translated into more than 22 languages.

The Certification Integrity Program has now been expanded to include benchmarked schemes. There are approximately 18 benchmarked schemes that are set to be covered.

developments and ResultsThe Integrity Program is built on 2 key structures that are

interconnected on the levels of development, implementation and monitoring:

The Brand Integrity Program (BIPRO) and the GLOBALG.A.P databaseThe GLOBALG.A.P Database is the backbone of the system. It records all certified producers worldwide and functions by assigning a unique identity to each registered producer (GGN) and then listing all relevant product and certification information. This tool is not only designed to ensure trans-parency in a far-reaching certification organization such as GLOBALG.A.P, but offers an online certificate validation tool that is essential for the success of the Brand Integrity Program. Any producer and/or certificate not indexed in the database are considered invalid. This program also detects any improper use of the GLOBALG.A.P brand logo as well as any financial and contractual issues, non-authorized certi-fication bodies and fraudulent certification.

The Certification Integrity Program (CIPRO)The Certification Integrity Program has been set up as a certificate compliance tool used to monitor and assess the performance of all certification bodies. It ensures that all the audits performed by the CBs have been conducted in line with the GLOBALG.A.P rules and verifies that the same criteria and levels have been consistently used. Relying on a system of on-site assessments of offices and producers, reporting and sanctions, the program acts as a quality assur-ance measure and promotes improvement and transparency.

The GLOBALG.A.P Certification Integrity Program (CIPRO) has now completed its first 2-year cycle of assessments. The fruits of its implementation are now finally emerging

and the evident success of the Integrity program has led to a process of further development and continuation of its work.

CIPRO conducted 74 office and 162 producer assessments in 2008 and 48 office and 231 producer assessments in 2009. In the first 2-year cycle of the GLOBALG.A.P Integ-rity Program, CIPRO has succeeded in visiting every single certification body, with each CB undergoing at least 1 kind of audit, either an office and/or producer assessment, and in multiple countries.

GLOBALG.A.P makes substantial investments into measures that raise awareness and promote improvement. For this reason, the system is set up to provide CBs that fail their assessments an opportunity to make structural changes and improvements within a fixed period and then submit to a second process of reassessment to determine compliance. This is a time and cost intensive process, demanding a sig-nificant investment from both the certification bodies as well as GLOBALG.A.P. Constituting an investment of 35% of the budget, this is a clear demonstration of the GLOBALG.A.P commitment to Integrity.

Despite the Integrity Program’s focus on improvements, a sys-tem of sanctions has been set up as a tool for enforcing com-pliance. An independent Integrity Surveillance Committee (ISC) proposes sanctions based on the result of the CIPRO assessments, which are then enforced by the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat. Once a certification body receives the Yellow Card, generally after having received a warning, the CB is then given approximately 8 months in which to achieve compliance. During this period, it may continue to contact clients, however the Yellow Card is publicly displayed on the website and is only removed after a successful reassessment process. A certification body then receives a Red Card if the reassessment fails. In this case, the CB is prohibited from (re) issuing new certificates for a maximum period of 6 months. An unsuccessful final reassessment results in the cancellation of the License and Certification Agreement for at least 2 years.

The current figures of the sanctioning process:Number of CBs presented to the ISC: 35Number of sanctions - 1st Warning: 11Number of sanctions - Yellow Cards: 8Number of sanctions - Red Cards: 1Number of re-assessment days: 152Percentage of CBs who have left the system: 3.8%

This system of sanctions has led some certification bodies to cancel their licenses as it became clear that they would not

be able to achieve compliance. Though the program aims to create transparency, no distinction is made between the certification bodies and no black list exists. However, all sanctions are publicly displayed to provide customers with accurate data on the status of the schemes.

Furthermore, the valuable results and feedback delivered by the CIPRO assessments in the past years have been incorporated into the GLOBALG.A.P Integrated Farm Assur-ance Standard General Regulations V3.1 and have flowed into the development and revision process of the V4 General Regulations and Control Points Compliance Criteria, available for certification from January 2011.

The work of CIPRO is set to focus on following up on the assessments and audits made in the first 2-year cycle of the program, as well as continuing to enhance and improve the program’s tools, training and auditing measures.

ProspectsIn 2009, the Certification Integrity Program was extended to include benchmarked schemes. The program aims to continue its benchmarking process as well as expand its benchmarking activities to include other established schemes seeking GLOBALG.A.P Benchmarking.

Furthermore, the Integrity Program will be expanded to in-clude other scopes as well as Fruit and Vegetable, Aquacul-ture, Poultry and Flowers & Ornamentals.

Accreditation and Cooperation with AccreditationThe approval for GLOBALG.A.P is based on ISO 65 ac-creditation, however the GLOBALG.A.P Certification Integrity Program does not duplicate the work of the accreditation or certification bodies, but rather acts as a complementary measure for quality assurance purposes. All the results of the Integrity Assessments are shared with accreditation bodies, thereby providing valuable information, input and support for their work. As a member of the International Accredita-tion Forum (IAF), GLOBALG.A.P also facilitates the coopera-tion and communication between the various accreditation bodies through organizing workshops and meetings.

Exceeding maximum Residue Levels In the framework of the Integrity Program, a procedure has been set up to deal with retailers, traders and suppliers who report an exceedance in MRL. Following up on an incident involving exceeded maximum residue levels is an impor-tant aspect of both the Brand and the Certification Integrity Programs and provides valuable feedback for retailers and producers.

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Certification Body Committee

ASKING AuDITORS’ ADVICE

It was early back in 2006 when we received from the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat, the communication of the outcome of the election process, which canvassed all approved CBs for the Certification Body Committee (CBC). The original members consisted of 2 from Africa, 1 from South America and 5 from Europe and we were called in to the first meeting for 2 days on 11 and 12 of May 2006 in Cologne.

Since then a lot has taken place and much has changed, with most of the original members having moved on to new challenges. In autumn of last year, new elections were held and now the CBC is comprised of 1 chairperson and 4 vice-chairpersons covering the key GLOBALG.A.P tech-nical scopes. This ensures that there is sufficient technical auditing experience available to enable an in-depth discus-sion of the majority of the issues that may be raised.

Over these 4 years in its advisory role to the Technical Sector committees,

the CBC has reviewed and contributed to the revision process of the 3.0 versions and the latest Version 4.0, focusing on the General Regulations and Checklists. This input has become significantly important bearing in mind the new technical scopes and sub-scopes within the Standard and the need to ensure that they can be audited on the ground in a robust and consistent manner.

Whilst the Sector Committees have the final decision, they have come to recognize the role and importance of the CBs in the operation of the GLOBALG.A.P Standard and the proximity to the producer as the service provider. Though this recognition was hard won at first, today there is a fluid interchange of professional opinions and positions that has enabled the scheme to improve overall in both content and profile.

Meetings have been held every 4-6 months and are open to interested associate member CBs who wish to make a constructive contribution. You can either contact one of the CBC members directly or come along to a meeting and sit in. Your con-tribution is very much welcome as we all share the common objective of continuing to improve and maintain the GLOBALG.A.P scheme’s operation and integrity.

Name Organization CountryNigel Alexander Perishable Products Export

Control Board South Africa

Stephen Cox NSF/CMi Certification United KingdomAngela Filotico Det Norske Veritas Italy ItalyPaul Macintyre Food Certification

InternationalUnited Kingdom

Guy Mattys SGS Belgium BelgiumRuth Nyagah AFRICERT LTD KenyaCaroline Ottewell National Britannia

Certification LtdUnited Kingdom

Chris Reading Efsis/SAI Global Ltd United KingdomCarolina Zamarripa LSQA (LATU Sistemas S.A.) Uruguay

Name Organization CountryAngela Filotico Det Norske Veritas Italia S.r.l. ItalyStephen Cox NSF - CMi Certification United KingdomIvan Savov Moody Internation. Cert. Ltd United KingdomJosef Raffalt-Gfrerer Intertek Food Services GmbH GermanyZoel Varela LSQA (LATU Sistemas S.A.) Urugusy

GLOBALG.A.P would like to thank all outgoing CBC members for their commitment and service to the GLOBALG.A.P community.

ThANK yOU

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The continuously developed standards:IFS Food IFS Cash & CarryIFS LogisticsIFS BrokerIFS HPC give suppliers the opportunity to certify their own production process. Along with the IFS certification goes an optimization of the production management leading to savings, improved customer relations and a higher competitiveness. Food recalls are reduced by 17% among IFS certified companies states the University of Rostock in a comprehensive study.

With the IFS software auditXpress, the trainings organized by the IFS Academy and the IFS Audit Portal the International Featured Standards moreover guarantee an ideal support to all IFS users.

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More information:

LIST Of fORmER CBC mEmBERS 2008:Certification Body Committee Members 2008 / 2009

LIST Of NEW CBC mEmBERS 2009Certification Body Committee Members 2009 / 2010

Working towards better food safety and accountability has been our top priority here at Vermont Hydroponic Produce,LLC. We were very impressed with the GLOBALG.A.P program and auditing process to set the guidelines for our farms food safety program. We were one of five Vermont Farms to be certified in 2009 and we are very proud of our certification. While the process was rigorous, our government representative who performed the audit was very well trained on the different aspects of the audit and how it pertained to our operation. We are now entering our second year and our entire staff works with the GLOBALG.A.P guide-lines as priority one in all of their functions.

Jeff Jones, General Manager, Vermont Hydroponic Produce,LLC

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GLOBALG.A.P Database

A TOOL FOR TRANSPARENCY

The GLOBALG.A.P Database currently holds the certification data of more than 100,000 producers. This data is man-aged and updated by certification bodies and trustees on behalf of the producer and consists of various certification in-formation regarding valid certifications, products, timelines, performed audits, cycles, and producer master data.

The certification data is made available to several stakehold-ers such as retailers or suppliers. The database offers several online tools to access the certification data, ranging from a public search function available to regular users, https://database.globalgap.org ➝Search to extended search tools providing additional functionality and visibility available to GLOBALG.A.P registered members. The visibility level of master data and specific certification information is set according to the GLOBALG.A.P General Regulations and may be extended on producers’ request.

The principle underlying the IT development of the data-base aims to fulfill a maximum of integrity and transpar-ency by mapping the producer’s certification process. The GLOBALG.A.P Database is continually being developed to ensure up-to-date improvements are made regarding func-tionality and usability.

In an effort to provide optimal support, GLOBALG.A.P also offers a professional database support team to respond to user queries and requests. The support team assists cer-tification bodies with managing their data and provides stakeholders with data access support. Furthermore, the GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program monitors activities within the database and can detect any irregularities, thus serving as an additional quality and transparency control measure.The GLOBALG.A.P Database offers a broad range of ser-vices aimed at maintaining transparency and integrity: �

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Certificate validationIn addition to the public search for a single GLOBALG.A.P Number (GGN) (accessible without login), GLOBALG.A.P registered members can also access more extensive infor-mation by logging into their password-protected accounts. Here they can select between an Expert Search, which enables more search criteria, and an Upload Search, which makes it possible to search multiple GGNs by uploading an excel list in order to validate larger quantities of information. All the search modes provide certificate status and producer information according to the predefined data privacy level. Target Groups: Retailers, Suppliers and Wholesalers

verification and Transparency of Integrity Rules Integrity rules and certification processes are mapped based on the GLOBALG.A.P General Regulations, i.e. the four-eyes principle. The application facilitates regular checks as well as the download of data records to monitor and report changes.Target Groups: Certification Bodies, Standard Owners and Accreditation Bodies

Audit documentation and ChecklistThe system provides integrated audit documentation, from the point of audit scheduling to the point of retaining audit re-sults. To ensure optimal checklist handling, a GLOBALG.A.P form client with a bidirectional interface has been set up to help auditors complete their checklists. At present, this service is available for add-on modules such as the GRASP checklist and assessments.Target Groups: Certification Bodies, Producers

mapping of Auditing CompetenciesAll performing auditors and inspectors are registered in the database allowing their specific competencies to be monitored. This enables auditors and inspectors to perform adequate audits.Target Groups: Certification Bodies

Bookmarking of ProducersGLOBALG.A.P bookmarking features allow suppliers to monitor the certification status of their producer base and share the results with others. Target Groups: Retailers, Suppliers and Producer Groups

Reporting ToolsBased on the level of data privacy, customized reports for stakeholder groups can be generated within the GLOBALG.A.P Database on request.Target Groups: All GLOBALG.A.P stakeholders, besides the above-mentioned including research facilities, governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Interfaces The GLOBALG.A.P Database offers various interfaces based on excel sheets to enable a straightforward exchange of data. For the certification bodies administrating the pro-ducers, an additional interface for checklists and uploading producer data via SOAP is available.Target Groups: Certification Bodies, Standard Owners

DATABASE FuNCTIONS & TARGET GROuPS

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VOGAssociation of South Tyrolean Fruit Co-operatives

Location: South Tyrol/North Italy Altitude: from 200 to 1000 meters above sea levelArea: 10,800 hectares of apples Growers: 5,648 mainly family-sized businesses cultivate their own orchards with an average size of 2 hectaresHarvesting: 600,000 tons of table apples (crop 2009)Turnover: 390-430 million euros

17 South Tyrolean fruit growers’ co-operatives represent-ing more than 5,600 growers in the region have branded together to form the Association of South Tyrolean Fruit Growers’ Co-operatives (VOG). Since its foundation in 1945, VOG has evolved into the largest European market-ing organization for apples. It centralizes cultivation, quality control, logistics, marketing and sales. As a result, apples from South Tyrol are sold in more than 26 countries.

VOG’s growing area is situated in the heart of South Tyrol (North Italy), the largest fruit producing area in Europe stretching over 10,800 hectares cultivated by 5,600 apple growers and their families.

The quality management system is based on ISO 9001:2008. VOG is certified against ISO and all the co-operatives against ISO, IFS and BRC. VOG has been GLOBALG.A.P certified by LSQA since 2003. The system

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started with 160 growers in Option 2. In 2009, 4,233 growers covering 93% of the area were certified. More than 30 internal inspectors work for VOG and the associ-ated co-operatives.

The long-term cooperation with LSQA and their competent auditors helped to meet the requirements and to implement and develop a good system. The farmers receive a feasible framework of guidelines for Good Agricultural Practice as well as the support needed to understand and implement them. This has helped the farmers make significant progress year by year.

A major benefit for VOG, the farmers and the consumer is the GLOBALG.A.P group certification option, as individual certification with smallholders would neither be feasible nor useful in this case. The strict and consistent quality manage-ment system combined with the collaboration of several organizations ensures that every farmer complies with the standard requirements. The result is a successfully function-ing system that achieves the highest product safety for the consumer.

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The Local Advantage for a Global StandardIn the course of the past year the GLOBALG.A.P National Technical Working Groups have played an essential and significant role in completing the revision process. The GLOBALG.A.P Standards Team and Sector Committees received many proposals and comments from our part-ners from all parts of the world. During their regional meetings most NTWGs discussed the draft version of the GLOBALG.A.P IFA Standard for their respective scopes. The main topics focused on the parallel production of certi-fied and non-certified products as well as the applicability of the revised standard for the different production methods.

GLOBALG.A.P appreciated the engagement of more than 500 members in the now 31 NTWGs. The cooperation and exchange between different national groups is increas-ingly becoming a reality. By following the principle of “ let’s not re-invent the wheel”, groups from different countries are learning and benefiting from each other’s expertise and experiences. For the coming election of the new Sector Com-mittees, GLOBALG.A.P asks NWTGs to bring forward their candidates.

Growing Participation from Africa GLOBALG.A.P welcomes the increasing interest of African stakeholders to actively participate in the program. During the last year, NTWGs in Egypt, Ghana and Tanzania

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MORE LOCAL INPuT IN GLOBALG.A.P STANDARD SETTING

were established and are supporting the Sector Committee and GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat with valuable insights in the reality of local implementation and integrity of the standard. GLOBALG.A.P also organized a workshop with stakeholders in Nigeria who are currently preparing the Nigerian NTWG together with public and private sector partners.

A NTWG in almost all of North and South AmericaThree new NTWGs were established in Chile (Salmon), Peru (Fruit and Vegetables) and Mexico (Fruit and Vegetables). All of them supported the development of GRASP interpreta-tion guidelines and were in active communication with the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat regarding the IFA Version 4 and other issues such as requests regarding the registration of pesticides.

To support the establishment of GLOBALG.A.P North Ameri-ca Inc. the NTWG in the United States of America has been set up and has already started working on the adaptation of the GLOBALG.A.P Standard for American producers.

Asian Aquaculture Producers Join GLOBALG.A.P Thailand has established a new NTWG for shrimp produc-tion and they will start working on an interpretation guide-line for shrimp in the next few months. Vietnamese pangasius producers are also expected to join GLOBALG.A.P within the coming months.

Country host Contact Website Comments

Africa

Egypt Union of Producers and Exporters

of Horticultural Crops (UPEHC)

Medhat El-Melegui www.upehc.org Fruit and Vegetables

Ghana FAGE (The Federation of

Ghanaian Exporters)

Anthony Sikpa www.fageplos.com Fruit and Vegetables

Kenya FPEAK Stephen Mbithi www.fpeak.org Fruit and Vegetables

South Africa Capespan South Africa Sarah Le Grange www.capespan.co.za Fruit and Vegetables

Tanzania Tanzania Horticultural Association Jacqueline Mkindi www.tanzaniahorticulture.com Fruit and Vegetables

North & South America

Argentina IRAM Enrique Kurincic www.iram.org.ar All Sub-Scopes

Brazil Instituto Agrotecnologia Daniel Velloso www.agrotecnologia.org.br Fruit and Vegetables

Chile Intesal de Salmonchile Pablo Mazo www.intesal.cl Aquaculture

Chile Fundation para el Desarollo

Fruticola

Ricardo Adonis www.fdf.cl Fruit and Vegetables

Colombia Corporación Colombia

Internacional

Catalina Giraldo de los Rios www.cci.org.co Fruit and Vegetables

Colombia Acuanal Camilo Valverde www.ceniaqua.org Aquaculture

Costa Rica CámaraNacionaldeAgricultura

y Agroindustria

Martin Calderon www.cnaacr.com Fruit and Vegetables

Guatemala Fundacion Agil Jorge Mendez www.fundacionagil.com Fruit and Vegetables

Mexico Mexico Calidad Suprema Luis Marin www.mexicocalidadsuprema.

com.mx

Fruit and Vegetables

Peru AGAP Sergio del Castillo www.agapperu.org/Main.asp Fruit and Vegetables

Uruguay INAC (Instituto Instituto Nacional

de Carnes de Uruguay)

Felipe D'Albora www.inac.gub.uy Cattle and Sheep

USA United Fresh David Gombas www.unitedfresh.org Fruit and Vegetables

Asia

India Quality Council of India (QCI) Gridhar J. Gyani www.qcin.org Fruit and Vegetables

Malaysia qa plus asia pacific sdn.bhd. Christie F. Roberts www.qaplusasia.com All Sub-Scopes

Thailand KC Fresh Chusak Chuenprayoth www.kcfresh.com Fruit and Vegetables

Europe

Belgium Verboond van Belgische Tuinbou-

wveilingen (VBT)

Ann de Craene www.veiling.be All Sub-Scopes

Bulgaria Moody International Ltd Kliment Petrov www.moody.bg All Sub-Scopes

Czech Republic Czech Society for Quality Katerina Myskova www.csq.cz All Sub-Scopes

Denmark Bureau Veritas Certification A/S,

Denmark

Louise Bondo www.bureauveritas.com All Crops

France CNIPT Aymard de Montigny www.cnipt.com Fruit and Vegetables

Germany Agrar Control GmbH Carsten Everink www.agrar-control.de Fruit and Vegetables

Greece Novacert Giannis Evagelopoulos www.novacert.gr Fruit and Vegetables

Italy Centro Servizi Ortofruticoli (CSO) Simona Rubbi www.csoservizi.com Fruit and Vegetables

Netherlands Productschap Tuinbouw Danielle Vreedzaam - van

Dijk

www.tuinbouw.nl Fruit and Vegetables

Norway Skretting AS Trygve Berg Lea www.skretting.no Aquaculture

Poland Metro Group Buying GmbH Aleksandra Tokarz www.metrogroup.de All Sub-Scopes

Spain FEPEX Miguel Vela www.fepex.es Fruit and Vegetables

Turkey ALARA Dr. Belit Balci www.alaraagri.com Fruit and Vegetables

Ukraine Kyiv National University of Trade

and Economics (KNUTE)

Nataliya Pritulska www.knteu.kiev.ua Fruit and Vegetables

Authors: Kerstin Uhlig

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GLOBALG.A.P Training

THE NEW GLOBALG.A.P TRAINING CONCEPT

For growers and traders in Africa and other parts of the world being able to export fresh fruit and vegetables to Europe and elsewhere is a big advantage as the market pays well for high quality produce. In recent years there has been growing concern that less developed countries have not been able to take full advantage of this potential market, particularly in the food sector where there are opportunities for agricultural growth and wealth creation.

Standards can sometimes be perceived as barriers to access European markets. Compliance involves adopting many measures to manage and reduce sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) risks and suppliers must also adopt social and envi-ronmental practices that involve decent working conditions for workers and ways of production that are sustainable in the long term. Private standards commonly demanded by retailers in Europe are generally more challenging than the ‘public standards’. Although meeting standards can be a challenge they have advantages as well. The GLOBALG.A.P (private) standard now provides a passport for access to the largest retail markets for food in Europe, USA, Japan and South Africa and currently impacts upon at least 3 million farmers, a great many of whom are resource-limited smallholders.

Unlike public standards there is no mandatory require-ment for involvement of developing countries in the private standard-setting process and no formal mechanism for their involvement. It would be true to say that in the past, develop-ing countries have had little ‘say’ in standards but a project

funded by the UK Department for International Develop-ment (DFID) and executed by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) aims to help change this. GLOBALG.A.P too is now striving to give their suppliers a fair degree of influence, and working to make the standard more appropriate, achiev-able and sustainable for smallholders. Manifestations of this include the permanent role of the GLOBALG.A.P Smallholder Ambassador for Africa, a series of consultations during development of the new version of the standard, and active encouragement of national groups to develop their own interpretation guidelines. These reflect local conditions but re-tain the important food safety, social and environmental safe-guards. NRI, GLOBALG.A.P and members of the COLEACP-PIP Programme (PIP) are now working together to encourage smallholders to play an active role in trade. Information meetings on the formation of National Technical Working Groups were conducted in Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana. And risk-based research is planned to explore ways to reduce the required level of testing. For example a group of farmers sharing common water source may not all need to have individual water tests each year.

Standards cost money but in practice they provide several useful outcomes such as improved business efficiency, safety, quality, hygiene and environmental sustainability. In short they make businesses more professional. As such they enable international trade to continue to produce useful revenues for farmers and their families, incomes for their employees and secondary jobs in the developing world.

Authors: Andy Graffham and Jerry Cooper, NRI Natural Resources Institute Author: Daniela Fabiszisky

GLOBALG.A.P has developed a new training concept due to start in 2011. It mainly affects GLOBALG.A.P approved Certification Bodies (CBs), as it is obligatory for them to fulfill the annual seminar participation requirements.

The former “Annual CB Workshop” will be split into three different types of workshops/training: “Scheme Manager Workshop”, “CB In-House Trainer Training” and “Option 2 Auditor Training”. Participation in these 3 annual workshops will be obligatory for each CB. The new training concept aims to focus in more detail on the different roles and re-sponsibilities within the CB and thereby strengthen them.

Further types of face-to-face training that GLOBALG.A.P is set to offer are “GRASP Training”, “Public Workshops” (former “TTS”) and “Private Workshops” for requesting companies. Participants who pass a voluntary exam at the

end of a private or public workshop will be listed on the GLOBALG.A.P website if their company is a GLOBALG.A.P Member.

In addition, GLOBALG.A.P also plans to expand its existing online training offer within the coming months. In 2011, a wider range of courses and contents will become available to certification bodies and producers.

More detailed information about the changes will be published and communicated in due course.

You are welcome to contact the GLOBALG.A.P Secretariat for more information about the online training at info@globalgap.org. For information about the regular training, please contact Daniela Fabiszisky at fabiszisky@globalgap.org.

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GLOBALG.A.P Membership

ACTIVE CONTRIBuTORS TO GLOBAL HARMONIzATION

GLOBALG.A.P offers a voluntary association membership to retailers, food service providers, traders, producers and other national and international organizations.GLOBALG.A.P members demonstrate their commitment to respond to consumer concerns on food safety, animal wel-fare, environmental protection and worker health safety and welfare by:

• Encouragingadoptionofcommerciallyviablefarmassurance schemes that promote the minimization of agrochemical inputs worldwide

• DevelopingaGoodAgriculturalPractice(G.A.P.) framework for benchmarking existing farm assurance

schemes and standards including traceability• Providingguidanceforcontinuousimprovementaswell

as the development and understanding of best practice• Establishingasinglerecognizedframeworkfor

independent verification• Communicatingandconsultingopenlywithkeypartners

and stakeholders including retailers, producers, export-ers and importers

membership Benefits:• Becomeavisibleactivememberofthemajorplatform

for setting standards for Good Agricultural Practices worldwide

• CloseinvolvementinthecontinualimprovementoftheGLOBALG.A.P Standards

• DisplayyourcompanylogoonGLOBALG.A.Ppublica-tions, reports, flyers, conferences, events and trade fairs.

• Eligibleasaco-exhibitorwithGLOBALG.A.Pintradeshows and events

• MembershipintheCertificationBodyCommittee– applicable for CBs

Author: Sarah Ahlswede

WE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS 2010Type Company Country

Supplier AGAP (Asociación de Gremios Agroexportadores del Perú)

Peru

Supplier Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemi-cals Corporation Limited

India

Supplier De Groot Fresh Group NetherlandsSupplier Federation of Associations of

Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE)Ghana

Supplier HMF Food Production GmbH GermanySupplier Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. IndiaSupplier LENK Seafood Services GmbH GermanySupplier Luigi di Lenardo GmbH GermanySupplier PPO Services AG SwitzerlandSupplier ProFish NetherlandsSupplier SalmonChile ChileSupplier SantOrsola SCA ItalySupplier Stutzer & Co. AG SwitzerlandSupplier Tanzania Horticultural

Association (TAHA)Tanzania

Supplier Tropical Aquaculture Europe SA LuxembourgSupplier Vinh Hoan VietnamAssociate AWF Consulting GermanyAssociate Best Produce International UK LTD UKAssociate CPS – Certification of Product

and SystemsChile

Associate Green Veterinary Group Practice South Africa

Associate IEH Laboratories & Consulting USAAssociate INDCONSULT EgyptAssociate International Agri-Technology

Centre LtdUK

Associate MUTUMGAP BrazilAssociate Sirim QAS International MalaysiaAssociate VALIDUS USAAssociate TCS Consultation Services Jordan

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To:GLOBALG.A.P c/o FoodPLUS GmbHSarah AhlswedeSpichernstr. 55D-50672 Köln (Cologne)GermanyFAX: +49 221 579 93-89

APPLICATION FORM FOR GLOBALG.A.P MEMBERSHIPStarting from (Year)

We request that our company shall be listed in the register of members as follows:

We hereby recognise the following GLOBALG.A.P terms of reference that have been agreed andsigned by all members of the global Partnership for Good Agricultural Practices:• We commit to respond to consumer concerns on food safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and

worker welfare by:• Encouraging the adoption of commercially viable Farm Assurance Schemes, which promote the minimisation

of agrochemical inputs worldwide.• Developing a Good Agricultural Practice Framework for benchmarking existing Farm Assurance

Schemes and standards including traceability.• Providing guidance for continuous improvement and the development and understanding of best practice.• Establishing a single recognised framework for independent verification.• Communicating and consulting openly with consumers and key stakeholders, including producers, exporters

and importers.

We hereby declare our membership to the FoodPLUS GmbH. The statutes have been submitted to us and we recognise them. Membership shall be effective as of the above mentioned year and continue until withdrawal.

MEMBERSHIP TyPE (please select):Retail/Food Service Membership(Membership fee based on annual turnover)

≤ 5 billion q: (5,000 q) > 5 to ≤ 15 billion q: (7,000 q) > 15 billion q: (9,000 q)

Group Supplier Membership (2,550 q)*

Individual Supplier Membership (1,550 q)*

Associate Membership (1,550 q)

Access to GLOBALG.A.P Database requested, to search for validity of certificates (included in MS-Fee)

Only for Supplier Members! Please choose the Sub-scope you want to subscribe for:

Fruit and Vegetables Cattle and Sheep Salmon Combinable Crops Dairy Shrimp Flowers and Ornamentals Pigs Tilapia Green Coffee Poultry Pangasius Tea Compound Feed Manufacturing

*The GLOBALG.A.P Supplier Membership fee (Individual Supplier 1,550 q; Group Supplier: 2,550 q) includes one sub-scope and sector committee voting right. Each additional sub-scope costs 520 q per calender year. Maximum 3,600 q (Group Supplier) or 2,600 q (Individual Supplier) per one organisation covering more than three sub-scopes. Please refer to the GLOBALG.A.P general fee table 2010.

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please aDDress all CorresponDenCe to:a) General correspondence

Address

Name of contact person

E-Mail Phone

b) Invoicing:

Address

Name of contact person for invoices

E-Mail Phone

VAT number Membership Fee (excl. VAT):(for EU companies only) • We will pay the annual financial GLOBALG.A.P contribution for the chosen sub-scopes starting from the above mentioned

year. The membership is valid until cancellation is submitted by written notice until 31. December in order to take effect in the following year.

• Our logo will be forwarded to FoodPLUS to be displayed in the internet and for future printing matters.

With our signature we confirm the validity of data and we agree to the terms mentioned on page 1 of this application form.

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fee Type Applies To Amount NotesRetail Membership Fee1

Retailer and Foodservice Membership

Annual Turnover Retail membership fees size related according to overall retail turnover per calendar year.2

≤ 5 Billion q 5,000 q> 5 to 15 Billion q 7,000 q> 15 Billion q 9,000 q

Group Supplier Membership

Produce Group or Producer Organisation, or Scheme

2,550 q Per calendar year; includes one sub-scope and sector committee voting right; maximum 3,600 q per one organisation covering 3 and more sub-scopes.2

Individual Supplier Membership

Individual Producer, or Exporter/Importer without production

1,550 q Per calendar year; includes one sub-scope and sector committee voting right; maximum 2,600 q per one organisation covering 3 and more sub-scopes.2

Supplier Membership Extension

Each additional sub-scope 520 q Per calendar year up to maximum of 1,050 q.

Associate Membership

Certification Body (CB), Consulting, Plant-Protection or Fertilizer Industry, etc., and their associations

1,550 q – 3,600 q Per calendar year; covers all scopes and subscopes.

1 Retail Membership Fee becomes effective in 2010.

2 Retailer and producer member organisation can apply for a discount of 500 q for every elected or appointed member function in GLOBALG.A.P committees.

3 Producer groups and producer organisations can apply for a discount up to the total annual fee, in return to the amount of producer registration fee paid for

Option 2 in the previous calender year.

MEMBERS BY TYPE SuPPLIER MEMBERS BY SCOPE

• Receivefirst-handinformationonthedevelopmentsinthe sector (member news)

• Contributetotheapprovalprocedureofbenchmarkedschemes

• InvitationtoGLOBALG.A.Pmember-onlymeetings• ReceivediscountsonGLOBALG.A.Pseminarsand

workshops• BecomeanofficialGLOBALG.A.PTrainer• Eligibleforone3-hourone-to-onecoaching/training

voucher per year (e.g. database, interpretation on

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compliance with General Regulations, etc.)• Accesstounprotectedxls/docfilesoftheChecklists

and the Control Points and Compliance Criteria• Accesstocustomizedstatisticsandclient-based

monitoring tools of the GLOBALG.A.P Database as they become available

If you are interested in becoming a GLOBALG.A.P member and would like to know more about the benefits, please contact Sarah Ahlswede at ahlswede@globalgap.org

Retailer14%

Crops74%

Livestock7%

Aquaculture19%

Supplier50%

Associates36%

MEMBERSHIP FEES

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Jochen Baumgarten

Quality Management &

IT Development

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 872

Andras Fekete

Manager CB Operations &

Integrity Program

✉ fekete@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 874

Sarah Ahlswede

Stakeholder & Marketing

✉ ahlswede@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 85

Carla de Andrade Hurst

Certification Body

Administration

✉ andrade@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 84

Ignacio Antequera

Benchmarking & Integrity

Program Management

✉ antequera@globalgap.org

☎ +34 (0) 663 143 523

Dr. med. vet. Roland Aumüller

Standard Management

Livestock, Feed

✉ aumueller@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 874 391 436

Dr. Elmé Coetzer

Manager Standards

Development

✉ coetzer@globalgap.org

☎ +27 (0) 129 915 139

Nadine Becker

Integrity Program

✉ becker@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 696

Frederik Callens

Manager Finance &

Operations Development

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 80

Anita Britt

Stakeholder Liaison

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 875

Daniel Catrón

Integrity Assessment

✉ catron@globalgap.org

☎ + 56 (0) 995 399 996

Daniela Fabiszisky

Workshops

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 33

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FIND YOuR CONTACT PERSON!

The GLOBALG.A.P team can respond in twelve languages and is working near you, out of twelve countries on five continents. “We are proud to offer you a competent, transparent, authentic and cost efficient harmonization process with a high level of trust, consistency and personal integrity!”

Claudia Meifert

Public Relations &

Website Administration

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 82

CatalinaGiraldoDeLosRíos

National Liaison Colombia

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☎ +57 (0) 314 864 09 93

Heidi Gremminger

Integrity Assessment

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☎ +598 (0) 992 825 73

Dr. Gabriele Jahn

Projects Management

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☎ +49 (0) 579 93 81

Anne Kafzyk

Certification Body Administration

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 86

Nina Kretschmer

Trade Fair & Event Management

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☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 693

Dr. Friedrich Lüdeke

Standard Management

Crops & Training

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☎ +49 (0) 502 289 102 97

Dr. Nazario Munoz

Integrity Program & Assessment

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☎ +34 (0) 915 773 728

Fernando Mietto

Standard Development &

Training

✉ mietto@globalgap.org

☎ +598 (0) 991 883 58

Iris Möller

Travel

✉ iris@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 873

Dr. Kristian Moeller

Managing Director -

Secretary GLOBALG.A.P

✉ moeller@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 38

Nigel Garbutt

Chairman GLOBALG.A.P

✉ garbutt@globalgap.org

☎ +44 (0) 781 010 41 68

Heike Rauber

Translations & Document Quality

✉ rauber@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 57

Dr. Kliment Petrov

Integrity Assessment

✉ petrov@globalgap.org

☎ +3592 (0) 98120 56

Michaela Stollenwerk

Management Assistance

✉ stollenwerk@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 66

Ute Spira

Certification Body Administration

✉ spira@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 221 579 93 84

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Deepa Thiagarajan, Ph.D

National Liaison India

✉ thiagarajan@globalgap.org

☎ +1 (0) 517 432 82 11

Deniz Toker

Certification Body Support

✉ toker@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 579 93 15

Kerstin Uhlig

Manager Stakeholder Liaison

✉ uhlig@globalgap.org

☎ +49(0) 221 579 93 19

Christi Venter

Standard Development &

National Liaison South Africa

✉ venter@globalgap.org

☎ +27 (0) 829 401 555

Dr. Mario Velasco

Aquaculture Training &

Integrity Assessment

✉ velasco@globalgap.org

☎ +1 (0) 787 517 77 00

Valeska Weymann

Standard Management

Aquaculture

✉ weymann@globalgap.org

☎ +49 (0) 178 477 14 64

Zhou Xin

Liaison Asia & Training

✉ zhou@globalgap.org

☎ +86 (0) 133 211 385 71

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Publications 2010Category Title month LanguageFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Number (GGN) on Products January EN, FR, DE, ES, ZHFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Primary Farm Assurance June ENFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Integrity Program July ENFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Poultry Certification -

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Facts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Bookmarking October ENFlyer GLOBALG.A.P Facts & Figures April EN, ESFlyer GLOBALG.A.P Facts & Figures October ENNewsletter GLOBALG.A.P News February ENNewsletter GLOBALG.A.P News June ENNewsletter GLOBALG.A.P Annual Report 2010 October ENKit Retailer-Kit Aquaculture April ENKit Producer-Kit Fruit & Vegetables April EN, ES, DE, TR, ZHKit Producer-Kit Aquaculture April EN, ES, DE, TH, ZH, VIFAQ New GLOBALG.A.P Fee Structure June EN, ES, FR

Publications 2009Category Title month LanguageFacts & Figures The GLOBALG.A.P Flower and Ornamental Standard January ENFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Shrimp Standard March EN, DEFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Turkey Standard March ENFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P Tilapia and Pangasius Standard April EN, DEFacts & Figures GLOBALG.A.P plus Aquaculture Dialogue Standards September EN, ES, DE, FRFlyer GLOBALG.A.P Facts & Figures February EN, ES, DE, Flyer GLOBALG.A.P Facts & Figures April ENFlyer GLOBALG.A.P Facts & Figures September ENNewsletter GLOBALG.A.P News February ENNewsletter GLOBALG.A.P News June ENNewsletter GLOBALG.A.P News - Special Tour 2009 Edition

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Success Story GLOBALG.A.P en los sectores productivos en Colombia January ESSuccess Story First GLOBALG.A.P Shrimp Certificates May ENKit GLOBALG.A.P Retailer-Kit March EN, FR, ESKit GLOALG.A.P Supplier-Kit September EN, ES, TR, ZH

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Editor/Director: Dr. Kristian Moeller

Editor In Charge/Projectcoordination: Sarah Ahlswede and Kerstin Uhlig

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