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GLOBALG.A.P.
Integrity

András Fekete
Vice President, Chief Integrity Officer
GLOBALG.A.P.
The Most Widely Accepted Good Agricultural Practices Certification Worldwide

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 GLOBALG.A.P. CERTIFICATION WORLDWIDE

Asia
North Europe 9.3%
America Latin 65.4% Africa
1.4% America OCEANIA
11.2% 0.9%
11.7%

GLOBALG.A.P. Group Certification Option 2 video

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GLOBALG.A.P. DATABE
Certification status validation www.globalgap.org/search

GLOBALG.A.P. Databse

Use the GLOBALG.A.P. Number =

GGN
(pl.: GGN 4052852486224)

Or the QR code

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GLOBALG.A.P. Number (GGN) on the product

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GLOBALG.A.P. Number (GGN) on the product

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GLOBALG.A.P. Number (GGN) on the product

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GLOBALG.A.P. Traceability

http://database.globalgap.org/mobile/ggn 8
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
The Aim

The CoC Certification Standard is to ensure

Segregation and Traceability
throughout the supply chain of the
GLOBALG.A.P. certified status

But NOT Food Safety

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CHAIN OF CUSTODY
The Concept

1. Identification - Registration in the GLOBALG.A.P. Database and GGN or

CoC Numbers

2. Input check - Verification of certified status of purchased products and

supplier’s certificate validity

3. Labeling - Products with CoC Number and /or producer’s GGN

4. Traceability system - Segregation of certified and non-certified products

5. Mass balance - Validation of the system through mass balance

6. Certification - Approved and accredited independent Certification Bodies

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CHAIN OF CUSTODY
Implementation
Cooperation with IFS (International Featured Standard)
• Joint IFS and GLOBALG.A.P. CoC audit is allowed
Cooperation with BRC (British Retail Consortium)
• The joint audit through BRC Voluntary Module 10. (launched in August
2015)

• Combined IFS/BRC-Food and GLOBALG.A.P. CoC audit on IFS/BRC

certified packing houses.
• The audit result in two certificates.
• No separate GLOBALG.A.P. CoC accreditation for already BRC/IFA
accredited CBs.
• Additional GLOBALG.A.P. CoC online exam for auditors.
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 GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Certification
Chain of Custody for Multi-Ingredient Products

Chain of Custody Version 5 includes the possibility to identify

GLOBALG.A.P. certified products in multi-ingredient
products.

CoC
Chain of
GGN
Custody
Shrimp

GGN Salmon

GLOBALG.A.P. CERTIFIED AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS PACKAGING OF FINAL MULTI-INGREDIENT PRODUCT

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 INTEGRITY ACTIVITIES

1. Approval of Certification Bodies

2. Training of Certification Bodies’ critical staff
3. Monitoring of Certification Bodies’ performance
o CB Office audit
o Producer re-assessment
o Report check (off-site)
4. Control of Certificates’ information in the GLOBALG.A.P. Database
5. Investigation of complaints, including exceeded Maximum Residue Level(MRL)
6. Brand (logo) integrity
o Media watch
o Shopping test
o Follow up notifications

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 INTEGRITY PROGRAM
• Training & Capacity Building

TYPE OF CB TRAININGs

• QMS Auditor Training (each Option 2 auditor every 4 years)

• In-House Trainer Training (one person per CB every 4 years)
• Scheme Manager Update Training (one person per CB
annually)
• Public Training (non-CBs)
• Farm Assurer training for consultants
• Annual update for all Accreditation Bodies

In English, German, Spanish, Italian and French

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CERTFICATION BODY INTEGRITY

Types of assessments
• Office assessments
• Producer re-assessments: (re-inspection and comparison the
assessment results with the CB’s latest report)
• Off-site assessment

• More than 200 assessment annually 15

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CERTFICATION BODY INTEGRITY
 2016 Integrity Summary

In 2016
• the CBs were sampled in 21 countries.
• Total 205 assessment days were spent.
• 18 CB office assessments.
• 135 days for producer assessment.
• 49% of the assessments reached or exceeded the expected level for compliance.

One Assessment Unit is: one CB office assessment (could take 1 or 2 days) or an option 1 producer, an option 2 group
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member, an option 2 QMS assessment or an option 2 producer group packinghouse assessment.
 2016 Integrity Summary
• Producer re-assessments per Country in 2016

CIPRO ASSESSMENTS 2015 PER COUNTRY CIPRO ASSESSMENTS 2016 PER COUNTRY

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 2016 Integrity Summary
Comparison of 2012 to 2016 Random Integrity Producer re-assessments
Producer assessments 2016
(135 days)

Class 1: very low,

Class 2: low and needs mayor improvements,
Class 3: needs some improvement,
Class 4: acceptable & good, Class 5 beyond
GLOBALG.A.P. requirements

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 2016 Integrity Summary
• Improvement 2016 - producer assessment
Comparison of 2012 to 2016 (Integrity Surveillance Committee) ISC follow-up
CIPRO
Producer assessments

Class 1: very low,

Class 2: low and needs mayor improvements,
Class 3: needs some improvement,
Class 4: acceptable & good, Class 5 beyond
GLOBALG.A.P. requirements

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Improvements achieved

Since 2008 the Certification Integrity Program has:

• Performed more than 2000 assessments days,
• Evaluated 160 Certification Bodies multiple times,
• 77 CB’s have been forwarded to ISC
• Only 6 CB’s have received for the second time a Yellow Card
after improvement was previously observed.

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• 2016 Integrity Summary
• 2016 CB OFFICE ASSESSMENTS

Evolution of CB Office assessment performance, period 2008-2016

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2017
GLOBALG.A.P. Becomes
an official EA stakeholder

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2017 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Classification, Time Frames and Weighting

Weighting

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 2017 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Rating and Publication on Website

Publication on Website Example:

The final evaluation of a CB is

published on the GLOBALG.A.P.
website next to the name of each CB.

Certification Bodies have not been

assessed within the frame of the
Integrity Program are displayed with
the comment “rating pending”.

Each rating shall indicate the date of

the last update.

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To whom address standard questions?
Email address to be used

Standard (normative document) related questions (e.g. GLOBALG.A.P. IFA ,

Add-ons like GRASP, product list, fee table) please use:
standard_support@globalgap.org

MRL related issues: mrl@globalgap.org

Database operation: customer_support@globalgap.org

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INTEGRITY PROGRAM
Continuous Improvement

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 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Questions – Discussion – Contact Us

Andras Fekete, MSc Agric.

Vice President & Chief Integrity Officer
fekete@globalgap.org
www.globalgap.org

Disclaimer: This presentation, training material or publication is the property of GLOBALG.A.P. c/o FoodPLUS GmbH. The
GLOBALG.A.P. licensed Certification Body or Farm Assurer may use it and its content in internal and external trainings in unaltered
format. GLOBALG.A.P. does not assume any responsibility for the training carried out by third parties using this material. 29