We are pleased to announce that we have published an improved version of localg.a.p. The ultimate intention of localg.a.p. is still a progression to improve practices on the farm level for local implementation. Localg.a.p. shall prepare producers for GLOBALG.A.P. certification, especially those that cannot immediately get certified.
The localg.a.p. Ready-to-Use solution will from now on be called the PRIMARY FARM ASSURANCE (PFA) standard . It remains a sub-set of the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) standard but is updated to version 5.
Any change or customization of the PFA standard is possible only as a separate project as part of a private customized solution.
The localg.a.p. PFA standard will be the entry/lowest level of the GLOBALG.A.P. family of products and is not covered under certification.
1. Overview of Changes
Change Introduced in PFA V5 |
Advantage due to Change |
Standards under the localg.a.p. brand are now called Primary Farm Assurance (PFA) |
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Visible to the public |
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Simplified process |
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More cost-effective |
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Updated checklists, CPCCs, and rules |
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2. Steps for Producers to get Assessed against PFA standards
Markets that are interested, or producers that want to be assessed against the PFA standards, can now follow a similar process to those that apply for GLOBALG.A.P. IFA .
3. Transition Period
- The transition period for changing over to the PFA standard shall be 12 months from the release date (i.e. from 15 October 2019) of the PFA standard version 5.
- In the future, those markets demanding the localg.a.p. PFA standard will no longer be listed individually on the website, similar to the GLOBALG.A.P. IFA process.
4. Certification Body/Verification Body Considerations
- Only the CBs and/or VBs approved by GLOBALG.A.P. for the PFA standard version 5, are allowed to assess producers against the PFA standard version 5.
5. PFA standards
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PFA
standards(localg.a.p. PFA Foundation Level version 5.0 and localg.a.p. PFA Foundation Level
version 5.0) are available for the following sub-scopes:
- Fruit and Vegetables
- Combinable Crops
- Plant Propagation Material
- It is possible to extend the PFA standards to more scopes and sub-scopes, but it will be dependent on internal approval processes.
For more information you can contact us at localgap@globalgap.org (technical assistance) or customer_support@globalgap.org (database related questions), or have a look to the localg.a.p. PFA FAQs.
General information on localg.a.p. please find here.