Established in 1996 by food retailers in response to BSE and a long line of food safety crises affecting consumer confidence and consumption, GlobalGAP has developed farm assurance standards in a full range of product areas including crops, livestock, aquaculture and livestock feed.

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CRAFTMANSHIP IN THE ANIMAL FEED AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY
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stablished in 1996 by food retailers ers. It would be a chaotic and unimaginable Management; Storage Facilities on Site;
in response to BSE and a long situation now if each of these retailers had Processing; Finished Feed Transport and
line of food safety crises affecting their own standard and individual verification Loading; Site Hygiene and Management;
consumer confidence and consump- audit. Quality Control of Finished Feed; Ingredients
tion, GlobalGAP has developed farm Declaration, Complaints, Documentation
assurance standards in a full range of Safety first and Traceability and Animal Protein
product areas including crops, livestock, The core of the standard in each product The standard is complemented by three
aquaculture and livestock feed. sector whether its combinable crops, feed guidelines:
or aquaculture is ensuring food/feed safety. • List of materials - whose circulation of
GlobalGAP standards are rigorously veri- These are after all non-negotiable ele- use for animal nutrition purposes is
fied by independent third party certification ments such as chemical usage during primary prohibited
bodies who themselves have to meet exact- production or hygiene factors during harvest • Haulage Exclusion List - materials for
ing accreditation requirements and surveil- and storage. which transport is prohibited at all times
lance by GlobalGAP to ensure integrity and The GlobalGAP Integrated Farm and for those materials, whose transport
trust in the certification process. Assurance standard though takes a holistic is prohibited unless proof of necessary
whole farm view auditing recommendations and appropriate cleaning is presented
Going global for environmental protection as well as prior to transport.
GlobalGAP is the largest and the most worker welfare. • Risk assessment for GlobalGAP
international farm assurance scheme world- Overall it’s about good agricultural prac- Compound Feed - developing the
wide with more than 100,000 producers tices which farmers understand and practice company-specific risk assessment, the
certified annually to ISO65 standards and in every day. Experience over the last 10 years Compound Feed Manufacturers are
more than 100 countries. of implementation has shown that it helps required to consider this guideline.
With more than 45 retail chains using its producers develop more efficient businesses GlobalGAP standards have been officially
standards to meet both consumer demands as well as complying with burgeoning legisla- translated into 22 languages and are available
as well as national and international legisla- tive requirements. free to download at www.globalgap.org
tion certification is set to increase even fur- Industry experts have produced the com- There is also GlobalGAP Risk Assessment
ther in response to the globalisation of food pound feed manufacturing standard for use on Social Practices (GRASP), a voluntary
production and sourcing where producers by industry experts and can be used in con- awareness raising and assessment module
look to open up new markets and develop junction with the livestock and aquaculture covering child labour, limiting working time
existing ones. standards. for adults and making sure health and safety
Last Autumn GlobalGAP opened an The 14 sections that provide the control measures are in place.
office near Washington DC as certification points and compliance criteria for commer- This responds to increasing consumer
interest and activity builds in North America. cial compound feed producers are: Official and public interest in social working practices
Harmonisation has been key to establish Approval; Workers Health, Safety and and is intended to inform producers of these
standards that could be agreed amongst a Welfare, Quality Management System and increasingly important issues but does not
diverse group of retailers as well as produc- HACCP; Internal Audits; Feed Ingredients form part of the requirements for certification.
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3. FEATURE
five continents and several public comment
periods as part of the consultation process.
Since 2001 Governance has been by an
industry elected Board with half the seats
being retailer representation and the other
half being producer representation.
Nigel Garbutt, Chairman of GlobalGAP
says, “This partnership has meant robust
decision making and decisions that can be
practically implemented through the supply
chain and in business relationships.”
Unlike Fairtrade or Organic GlobalGAP
is a business-to-business initiative and does
not carry a consumer logo. Retailers use the
standards in with their private label product
development as an important means to
mainstream food safety and sustainability
into their Brands.
Partnerships are a central part of
Think global, act local global checklist is then peer reviewed by GlobalGAP’s way of working.
A large part of GlobalGAP’s success all GlobalGAP stakeholders and adopted Buyers and sellers work with their sup-
results from its ability to adapt a single global by the responsible technical committee as pliers to continuously improve standards to
standard to differing agronomic conditions as equivalent to the generic global checklist. those required by today’s consumer. These
well local legislation. This adaptation reduces The outcome of the recognition is a national include those farmers and growers in the
costs to producers, increases the willingness checklist that contains the agreed different most difficult and challenging circumstances.
to adopt without compromising food safety - but consistent - wording in the national Kenyan horticulture is a clear case where
levels and integrity. business language, and is made public and small resource poor farmers have been con-
Certification is open to and achievable by mandatory for all certifiers to be used in the nected to global supply chains by developing
any producer worldwide. territory of the defined scope. high value horticultural exports, which have
Certified producers range from large The applicable certification rules which received certification.
are used in both cases are the This acts like a passport into International
GlobalGAP General Regulations markets.
“In the future public which are also published on the The trade has expanded year on year
website. despite exacting standards or you could
SACK-FILLING SYSTEMS
authorities will regard certified The following reasons caused say because of them and provides the small
producers lower risk and are GlobalGAP to follow these two
paths:
farmer a way to get out of poverty and
obtain much need income for schooling and
DESIGN,
likely to receive fewer public DEVELOPMENT
PALLETISING SYSTEMS
Farming is highly related to local health provision. National governments are
governments and public support also encouraging the development of private
inspections as a result” systems. Any support from the
public sector works much better
voluntary standards to develop capacity and
basic infrastructure to deliver safe and sus-
AND MANUFACTURE
with local ownership of the stand- tainable food not just for export but home
multinational agribusinesses to disadvantaged
small-scale farmers. GlobalGAP has devel-
ard, that is, a logo and national branding
Local legislation and practices vary greatly
markets as well.
CUSTOM-MADE PACKAGING SYSTEMS
oped guidelines for small-scale producers across countries and regions and many The future of food control for low-fat dehydrated milk to wet sand
to assist them in developing up to standards standard requirements are simply not appli- Garbutt says GlobalGAP will not become
where they can gain certification. cable in a number of local production sys- like a BSI or other public standards because in plastic or paper sacks
National farm assurance schemes, which tems. There is a huge benefit in reducing the voluntary standards complement the regula- from tubular film to pre-made sacks
engage local stakeholders can also seek burden of irrelevant or inaccurate questions tory system and are not a supplement for it.
recognition against GlobalGAP through an in a simplified self-assessment and audit proc- He says that it is exciting that the public with or without gussets
equivalence or benchmarking process. China,
Chile and Mexico are a few examples that
ess, in particular among the many small and
medium sized growers worldwide
and private sectors are now finding synergies
between their responsibilities and work.
from 1 to 50 kg
have gone down this route, which helps The GlobalGAP integrity program serves The private sector will quite often build up by weight or volume
develop superior branding and identity for
producers entering into International mar-
as additional independent check for the
continuous alignment of NIGLs
producer capacity and develop tools during
certification processes to meet both regula-
from 100 to 2500 sacks per hour
kets. These mechanisms have lead to a signifi- tions and market requirements. with any closure
This local adaption is implemented in
GlobalGAP by two related mechanisms: The
cantly higher involvement and wider support
for private voluntary standards in many
“Public and private sectors each have
their own clear roles but together their
palletised in any pattern
National Interpretation Guidelines (NIGL) agricultural communities and governments. shared goal of safer food is more easily with water-resistant stretchhood
and the Approved Modified Checklist reached. In the future public authorities will
(AMC). Partnerships regard certified producers lower risk and are
In both mechanisms, local stakeholders Since the early days GlobalGAP has likely to receive fewer public inspections as
take the GlobalGAP standard checklist and transformed itself organisationally to reach a result.”
adapt the wording to local language and out to a wide range of private and public Consumer trust and confidence will be ARODO BVBA, Hoge Mauw 740, 2370 Arendonk Belgium
farming practices as well as local and national stakeholders in its standard setting. more easily kept he maintains with a future Tel. +32 14 67 23 32, Fax, +32 14 67 17 60
legislation. Last October saw the launch of the 4th of the public and private sector working
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