Information on voluntary Certification - Foodcert India

37certified product from before the seed is planted until it leaves the farm.It should be borne in mind that GLOBALGAP is a purely private standard.GLOBALGAP has so far developed GAP standards for fruits and vegetables,combinable crops, flowers and ornamental plants, green coffee, tea, pigs,poultry, cattle and sheep, dairy and aquaculture (salmon). Other productscopes are under development (check their Web site).Main requirements?The GLOBALGAP standard requires that producers establish a completecontrol and monitoring system. Products are registered and can be tracedback to the specific farm unit where they were grown. GLOBALGAP rulesare relatively flexible about field practices such as soil fumigation andfertilizer usage. There are strict regulations about pesticide storage andpesticide residue limits. In addition, it is important to record and justifyhow the product was produced, so detailed records must be kept aboutfarm practices.How to get certified?GLOBALGAP does not issue the certificates itself but has authorizedregistered certification bodies to do this. Firstly, it is recommended toread the GLOBALGAP general regulations and control points of therespective product scope before contacting a certification body which willaccomplish the certification procedure. Farmers who want to get certifiedto GLOBALGAP have to take certain costs into account. Generally theyhave to pay for registration, inspection and certification.Both individual producers and groups of producers can apply forcertification, the cost of which depends on the certification agency chosenand the time spent on the inspection.