jade global gap v4 awareness training

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Global GAP Vs 4 Changes

Jade Fresh PIP Mission

DEC 2013



GG V4 CHANGES



Trainer: Johnson Gitonga (FoodSafety Manager)

Acronyms

AB – Accrediation Body

CB – Certification Body

IFA – Integrated Farm Assurance

CC –

Compliance Criteria

CoC – Chain of Custody

QMS – Quality Management System

CL – Checklist

PMU – Production Management Unit

PHU – Product Handling Unit

GFSI – Global Food Safety Initiative




Important Terms

PMU – Production Management Unit

• Production management unit (PMU) is a production unit

(can be a farm, field, orchard, herd, greenhouse, etc.)

defined by the producer for units where segregation ofoutput (agricultural products) is intended and all

provisions have been made and put in place to keep

separate records and prevent mixing in the case of

parallel production.

• PMUs that can be considered to operate independently(based on factors such as geography, management,

storage facilities, etc.) shall be registered in the

GLOBALG.A.P Database and indicated on the certificate




Important Terms

PHU – Production Handling Unit

• This is the entity that conducts all produce handling and

processing operations for presentation of the produce to

the market.• PHUs can be Packhouses, Grading Sheds, Slaughter

Houses, Storage and distribution entities etc.

• The identity of certified produce in PHUs should be

maintained according to the General Regulations of

Global GAP to preserve their certification status.




Important Terms

PP – Parallel Production

• Parallel production is the production of certified and

non certified products in the same farm.

• PP of certified and non-certified products of thesame species, e.g. French Beans, is not possible on

a single farm on individual producer level for

vegetables (Option 1 or Option 2 member).

• Parallel production of certified and non-certified sub-species of a products (e.g. noncertified MTout and

Certified Sugar Snap) is possible under all options

and the PMUs shall be specified.




Important terms

PO - Parallel Ownership

• This refers to the situation in which certified and

non-certified product (the same product) are owned

(purchased) by a producer at one time.• There are general rules that govern producers who

apply for Parallel Ownership.




Other Terms Definitions:

The concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when it is eatenaccording to its intended use. Food safety is related to the occurrence of food

safety hazards.

1.0 What is Food Safety?

The sequences in the production, processing, distribution, storage and handling

of a food, including its ingredients, from primary production to consumer. This

includes the production of feed for food-producing animals and for animals

intended for food production. The scope of this definition also includes the

production of materials intended to come into contact with food.

2.0 What is Food Chain?




Definitions Ctd:

Risk is defined as the combination of the probability of occurrence of harm andthe severity of that harm. The term "hazard" is not to be confused with theterm "risk" which, in the context of food safety, means a function of theprobability of an adverse health effect and the severity of that effect when

exposed to a specified hazard.

3.0 What is Risk?

A flow diagram is a schematic and systematic presentation of the sequence

and interactions of steps.

4.0 What is a Flow Diagram?




Definitions Ctd:

5.0 What is a Control Point?

Control points are the actual checkpoints used on GLOBALG.A.P.

inspections. For example: "Is a reference system for each field, orchard,

greenhouse, yard, plot, livestock building/pen, and/or other area/location used

in production established and referenced on a farm plan or map?“

6.0 What is a Compliance Criteria?

The compliance criteria is the corresponding documents or action steps

necessary to present to auditors in order to pass the control point. Forexample: "Compliance must include visual identification in the form of a

physical sign at each field/orchard, greenhouse/yard/plot/livestock building/pen

or other farm area/location, or a farm plan or map that could be cross-

referenced to the identification system. No N/A."

.




Definitions Ctd:

A Major Must is a mandatory control point. Failure to meet this control

point will result in a non-conformance. Until the non-conformance is

remedied, the producer will not be able to pass the audit.

7.0 What is a Major Must?

These are requirements (control points) that are not as significant as major

musts but whose implementation is important in proving conformance to the

standard. For a site to comply, it must meet at least 95% of all minor musts in a

CPCC.

8.0 What is a Minor Must?

9.0 What is a Recommendation?Recommended control points are not mandatory; however, they often transition

to Minor Musts in subsequent versions of the standard.




Definitions Ctd:

10.0 What are the GG General Regulations?

These are the rules and regulations that govern

the GLOBALG.A.P. farm certification process.

• Part I - General rules of the GLOBALG.A.P.system

• Part II - Rules that specifically apply to Option 2

producer groups and Option 1 multi-sites with a

Quality Management System (QMS)• Part III - Rules that specifically apply for

certification bodies and accreditation bodies



Global GAP Introduction

o GlobalGAP was formed in 1996 out of a collaboration of European buyerswho hoped to increase public confidence in the safety of the food they soldthrough a fair and equitably administered, voluntary program of Good Agricultural Practices.

o Originally named EurepGAP, it focused first on pesticide residue levels inproduce and animal welfare in livestock.

o However, it quickly expanded its focus to include microbial food safety.o Over time the buyer collaboration evolved into a true partnership among

buyers, producers, and NGOs across the globe.o The program was renamed GlobalGAP in 2007 in recognition of its global

reach and scope.

o GlobalGAP has expanded its scope to addresses social responsibility issuesfocusing specifically on worker health and safety in a program called “GRASP.”.



Global GAP Introduction

o It was immediately evident to founding organizations that a fair andequitable program of good agricultural practices could not depend on astrict, “one farm – one field – one audit” approach.

o They recognized the importance of marketing groups and other types ofassociations formed by farmers to gain access to resources otherwiseavailable only to larger entities.

o GlobalGAP recognized the importance of collaboration among small holders,and the opportunity afforded by such collaboration to raise the standards ofoperations clear to the individual farm level.

o They therefore placed major emphasis on developing a “group certificationapproach”, which they call “Option 2” .

o GlobalGAP “Option 2” (group certification) has successfully brought small

holders access to major markets within their own countries and worldwidewhile maintaining and even improving quality management, food safety atthe individual farm level, and buyer confidence in certified farms and theirproducts. As of 2008, there were 92,000 farms in 88 countries certifiedunder GlobalGAP, 74% of which were certified under “Option 2”.



Global GAP Organizational Chart for Groups



The challenge of globalizing markets is nowhere

greater than in the primary food sector. GLOBALG.A.P. (formerly known as EUREPGAP)

has established itself as a key reference for Good

Agricultural Practice (G.A.P.) in the global market

place, by translating consumer requirements intoagricultural production in a rapidly growing list of

countries – currently more than 100 on every

continent.

GLOBALG.A.P. is a private sector body that setsvoluntary standards for the certification of

agricultural products around the globe.

More About GG



The aim is to establish ONE standard for Good

Agricultural Practice (G.A.P.) with differentproduct applications capable of fitting to the

whole of global agriculture.

GLOBALG.A.P. is a pre-farm-gate standard.

This means that the certificate covers theprocess of the certified product from farm inputs

like feed or seedlings and all the farming

activities until the product leaves the farm.

GLOBALG.A.P. is a business-to-business labeland is therefore not directly visible to consumers.

More About GG



GLOBALG.A.P. Certification is carried out by morethan 100 independent and accredited certification

bodies in more than 100 countries. It is open to all

producers worldwide.

GLOBALG.A.P. includes annual inspections of theproducers and additional unannounced inspections.

GLOBALG.A.P. consists of a set of normative

documents. These documents cover the GLOBAL

G.A.P. General Regulations, the GLOBALG.A.P.

Control Points and Compliance Criteria and the

GLOBALG.A.P. Checklist.

More about GG



As many other on-farm assurance systems have been inplace for some time prior to the existence of

GLOBALG.A.P., a way had to be found to encourage the

development of regionally adjusted management systems

and so to prevent farmers from having to undergo multipleaudits.

Existing national or regional farm assurance schemes that

have successfully completed their benchmarking process

are recognised as an equivalent to GLOBALG.A.P.

The GLOBALG.A.P. Standard is subject to a three year

revision cycle of continuous improvement to take into

account technological and market developments.

More about GG

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Certification Options

• Option 1

• Individual producer applies for certification

(GLOBALG.A.P or a benchmarked scheme).

• The individual producer will be the certificateholder once certified.

• There are two types of an option 1 audit



Certification Options ctd…

• Option 1 without a QMS – In this, an individual producer or one organization

owns several production locations or management

units that do not function as separate legal entities• Option 1 with a QMS – Individual producer or one organization owns several

production locations or management units that do

not function as separate legal entities, but where aQMS has been implemented

– In this case the rules of the General Regulations PartII – QMS Rules must apply.



Certification Options

• Option 2: – A producer group applies for group certification

(GLOBALG.A.P or a benchmarked scheme).

– The group, as a legal entity, will be the certificateholder once certified.

– A group must have a QMS implemented and

comply with rules set out in the GeneralRegulations Part II – QMS Rules.



Comparison of Certification Options

Option 1

(Without QualityManagement System)

Option 1 (With Quality

Management System)

Option 2 (Must have Quality

Management System) Number of

Participants 1 single producer 1 single producer Multiple producers

uniformly managed by

the same QMS Internal Assessments At least 1 annual

internal assessment At least 1 annualinternal assessment

At least 1 annual

internal assessment of

every member Announced

Certification Body

Inspections

Certification body

inspection of all sites

(i.e. 25 sites = 25

inspections)

Certification body

inspection of square

root of sites (i.e. 25 sites

= 5 inspections)

Certification body

inspection of square

root of members (i.e.

100 members = 10

inspections) QMS Audit Not applicable

At least 1 annual

internal and 1 external

audit of QMS in place At least 1 annual

internal and 1 external

audit of QMS in place Unannounced

Surveillance

Inspections

Minimum of 10%

unannounced annual

surveillanceinspections

Minimum of 10%

unannounced annual

surveillanceinspections

Minimum of 10%

unannounced annual

QMS audits



Benchmarking Certification Systems

• Benchmarked certification systems are systems that have beencompared with the Global GAP scheme, and can either; – Be incompatible with Global GAP, in which case they cannot be used as substitute to

GG certification – Recognized to a certain degree as compatible with GG.

• If recognized, they can either be; – Equivalent – where they are deemed to be completely conforming to Global GAP GR

and CPCC

– Resembling – Where the systems largely resemble the Global GAP GR and CPCC, withsome exceptions.• These exceptions are clearly identified, and system owners can later on create add-ons to achieve full

equivalence.



Benchmarking Certification Systems

• Categories of Benchmarked Systems: – Schemes – These are certification systems using their own audit management

regulations and CPCC that are compared with Global GAP ones.

– Checklists – These are certification systems that use the Global GAP GeneralRegulations and their own CPCC that are compared against GG ones.

• Equivalent Systems: – Equivalent Schemes: These are schemes that have been adjudged to fully conformwith the Global Gap System (GR and CPCC)

– Approved Modified Checklists (AMCs): These are systems that use the GG Generalregulations but have fully conforming CPCC which has been benchmarked

• Resembling Systems:

– Resembling Schemes: These are schemes that largely conform to GG requirements(GR and CPCC) but leave some exceptions

– Resembling Checklists: Systems that use the Global GAP GR and have own CPCC thatleave certain exceptions.

– Both of these can be upgraded to full recognition by creating and implementing add-ons



Review to Version 4

• Foodplus, the standard owner of GLOBALG.A.P has publisheda new version of standard.

• From the 1st of January 2012, the new standard (version 4)is mandatory for all producers of fruit & vegetables andcombinable crops.

• Both parts of the standard, the General Regulation and theControl Points are updated.

• Global GAP publishes revisions to the current versions using3 year cycles.

• This gives the organization the opportunity to includeemerging customer and legal expectations in the standardand maintain its relevance and acceptability in the everincreasing consumer base.



Review to Version 4 Ctd…

Important Documents to Producers Seeking Certification to Version 4:

• General Regulations part 1

• Control Points & Compliance Criteria for the modules AllFarm, Crop Based and Fruit & Vegetables

• National Interpretations documents (if any)

• Mainly, Global GAP Reviews the General Regulations and The

Control Points and Compliance Criteria when issuing new Versions.



Important Changes in the General Regulations

1.0 PO and PP

• Version 4 offers the option for parallel production andParallel ownership.

• Meaning: a company may produce and certify a part of aproduct (crop) under the GLOBALG.A.P regulations and apart non – GLOBALG.A.P .

• However, Parallel production / ownership makes extrarequirements mandatory for physical and administrative

separation of the products, including a mass balance andseparate registration on the database of GLOBALG.A.P




2.0 Inspection Timelines:

• Inspection can take place 8 months prior to the expiry dateof the certificate and 4 months after the expiry date of thecertificate. If the inspection takes place after the expiry date,

the expiry date must be extended on the database ofGLOBALG.A.P .

• The inspection can only take place in the growing andharvesting season, including product handling.

• The minimum inspection duration is 3 hours. 3 hours appliesfor companies with a single crop and no product handling.




3.0 Unannounced Inspection:

• Unannounced inspections will be conducted on 10% of thecertified companies.

• The inspections will be notified to the certified site atmaximum 48 hours prior to the inspection.

• The unannounced inspections cannot be refused by thecertified company.




4.0 NC Clearing Timelines:

• The maximum correction time for non-compliances,observed during the inspection is 28 days. The

• certification process from inspection to registration on theGLOBALG.A.P database is 56 days.



Important Changes in the CP&CC

1.0 Risk Analyses:• GLOBALG.A.P has extended the number of risk analysis.

• Extra risk analysis are needed for – production plots,

– hygiene,

– use of water (irrigation, product handling, preparation of spayingmixtures),

– prevention of MRL-exceedance and

– food defense.

• These risk analysis must be company, plot, product andactivity specific.

• All risk analysis must be updated yearly.

• GLOBALG.A.P has published annexes to the Control Pointswith guidelines for these risk analysis.




2.0 Hygiene Trainings:

• Hygiene trainings and instructions to all personnel must beupdated yearly.




3.0 GGN Number use Declaration:

• All customers of the producer must certify in writing thatthey will not misuse the GGN number (=unique identifier) ofthe producer.

• The GGN number of a grower can only be used for the

certified products of a grower.




4.0 Use of GGN Numbers on Traceability:

• The use of the GGN number on product labels, crates,pallets etc. is promoted to enhance the traceability ofGLOBALG.A.P products.

• The use of the GLOBALG.A.P name and logo is limited to

business to business communication and shall not be visibleon the point of sale




5.0 Registration of Fertilizers and Crop Protection Products:

• The registration of fertilizers and crop protection products isextended for other applications like growth promoters, soilimprovement substances, disperse fluids etc.




6.0 Registration of Fertilizers and Crop Protection Products:

• The content of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has notchanged but the weight of the questions is increased(recommendation to minor and minor to major level).



FAQ• 1. If a Location Does Not Meet Expectations is it Eligible

for a Re-Audit? • For first-time certification applicants, an audit can be repeated

several times to prove the effectiveness of the corrective actionsproposed to close the non-conformities raised.

• After an annual surveillance audit of an already GLOBALG.A.P.

certified producer, the producer has 28 days to fix any non-conformances detected (except those non-conformances thatrequire immediate attention to prevent a food safety threat toconsumers). Certification will be renewed when the producershows compliance again.

• If there is a grave food safety risk on the farm, the auditor hasthe option to immediately terminate the audit. You and yourcertification body can then work together to reschedule the audita) after the situation has been remedied and b) when the pendingcontrol points can be audited.



FAQ

2. How Long is the Auditing Process?

• The minimum inspection time for a GLOBALG.A.P. audit is 3hours. This includes a review of documentation and on-farmpractices.

• Additional time needed for each audit is a function of thenumber of locations, number of crops, complexity andquantity of machinery, number of workers, if aspects of thebusiness beyond production are involved in the audit

process, extent to which documentation is well organized,and number of subsequent inspections that may need totake place because of corrective actions.



FAQ

3. What is Primary Farm Assurance? • Primary Farm Assurance (PFA) is stepping stone towards

GLOBALG.A.P.’s full Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA)standard.

• The PFA checklist includes a sub-set of the control points inthe IFA standard, and is managed using the same GeneralRegulations principles of the IFA standard.

• There are two main PFA levels available:

– Foundation – for producers with few food safety risks who primarilysell on a local level, good for starting their food safety certification

– Intermediary – includes more food safety elements than thePrimary Level, accepted by select retailers.



FAQ

4. What is Integrated Farm Assurance? • Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) is GLOBALG.A.P.'s

comprehensive on-farm certification standard.

• GLOBALG.A.P. emphasizes a holistic approach to farmcertification, so the IFA Standard includes control pointsrelated to; – food safety,

– sustainability,

– operational health and safety,

– animal welfare, and – traceability.

• Any producer not currently certified under IFA can apply forPFA certification, a first step towards Good AgriculturalPractice.



FAQ

5. What is a GGN?

• The GGN, or GLOBALG.A.P. Number, is a 13-digit numberused to identify each certified producer or producer group inthe GLOBALG.A.P. Database.

• In cases where a producer has purchased a Global Location

Number (GLN) from GS1, the GLN will take the place of theGGN.



6. What is the difference between an auditor and aninspector?

– An inspector can carry out most GG auditassessments but only an auditor can carry out

Quality System Inspections



7. What is the Difference Between an Audit and an Inspection?

• An audit is GLOBALG.A.P.'s terminology forthe certification body review of a producer'sQMS system.

• An inspection is GLOBALG.A.P.'s terminologyfor the certification body review of aproduction site.

Di i f th Ch h d t N



Discussion of the Changes handout – NewClauses

All Farm AF 3.2.1 – Risk Assessment for Hygiene AF 5.2.3 – Waste Management – Recycling of organic waste AF 9.1 - Risk Assessment for Food Defense AF 10.1 – Reference to GG Status in documentation AF 10.2 – Agreements against Misuse of GGNs by customers AF 11.1 – Use of the GG Logo, Word and Trademark AF 12.1.1 – Traceability - Segregation of GG and non-GG Produce AF 12.1.2 – Identification of GG products AF 12.1.3 – Farm Dispatch Checks for GG Products AF 12.1.4 – GLN inclusion on transaction documents

AF 12.1.5 – Identification of purchased produce from other sources AF 12.1.6 - Sales Details of Cert. and Non- Cert Produce. AF 12.1.7 – Quantities of sold Cert and Non – Cert Produce AF 21.1.8 – Conversion Ratios of Cert and non – Cert Products





Crops BaseCB 6.3.4 – Microbial Analysis

CB 8.6.3 – Risk analysis for MRL in destination country

CB 8.6.4 – Evidence of residue tests based on RA in 8.6.3

CB 8.11 - Records of other substances used on crops other than fertilizers. And Crop protection chemicals





Fruits and VegFV 3.1.1 – Risk Analysis of water for PPP Mixtures

FV 3.2.1 – Timing of Org. Fert. Application to safeguard food

FV 3.3.1 – Evidence of animal activity at harvesting

FV 3.4.1 – Procedure for hygiene during harvesting

FV 4.1.11 – Glass and Hard Plastics procedures

FV 5.1.2 – Hygiene Procedure for produce Handling

FV 5.8.5 – Potability of Post Harvest waterFV 5.8.6 – Storage of Biocides, waxes and Post Harvest PPPs.



Discussion of the Changes handout

Other Changes (Discuss from Handout)• Deleted Clauses

• Merged Clauses

• Promoted Clauses



Q & A



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