Information on voluntary Certification - Foodcert India

45GAP scheme will come under the same umbrella. It was decided tobenchmark JGAP against GLOBALGAP in order to strengthen the recognitionof the scheme by retailers within the country and internationally. GLOBALGAPbenchmarking was completed in August 2007.What are the main requirements?The JGAP scheme is divided into four chapters:Food safety, including critical control points on fertilizers, seed, producehandlingEnvironmental considerations including water, soil, energy, neighbouring sitesWorkersû welfare and safety including minimum wage and trainingSales management including record keeping and traceabilityHow to get certified?JGAP is managed by a steering committee which has ultimate authority toguide the policy of JGAP. The steering committee has a technical committeewhich develops the standards and general regulations and a council,which represents the wider stakeholder group of suppliers and retailers.Certification is carried out by qualified third-party private sector auditors.Main opportunities and constraintsJGAP provides opportunities to Japanese farmers because it reflects thespecific features of Japanese agriculture, in terms of the scale of farming,environmental and legal issues, institutions and language. The challengesof the JGAP lie in implementing the GAP among small farmers at lowercost, organizing the farmers and harmonization of all the individual retailerGAP schemes.JGAP has been benchmarked to GLOBALGAP with a new Approved Modified