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GLOBALG.A.P. Committees

Introducing the GLOBALG.A.P. Committee Structure

GLOBALG.A.P. certification is built on the work and expert contributions of many stakeholders from different sectors of the industry.

They take part in the GLOBALG.A.P. standard development process in one of the various GLOBALG.A.P. committees set up to facilitate participation and involvement.

Technical committees are formed by retailers and producers, and their main focus is to participate in the revision and maintenance of existing standards. Technical committees are set up for fixed terms – typically three years, and members can serve a maximum of three terms. Read more about the technical committees and their work here.

Focus groups are set up on an ad-hoc basis to work on specific topics as approved by the GLOBALG.A.P. Board. Read more about the different focus groups here.

If you are interested in participating in a technical committee or focus group, please send an e-mail to tcapplication@globalgap.org. We would like to build our pool of experts and will contact you as positions become available.

Other committees include the:

Certification Body Committee (CBC) – consisting of GLOBALG.A.P. certification body members

Integrity Surveillance Committee (ISC) – stakeholders that deal specifically with the integrity of GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

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Technical Committees Term 2020 onwards

Committees Meeting calendar

COVID-19: During this time of crisis, in which most travel is restricted, GLOBALG.A.P. is facilitating all meetings to be held virtually.

See an overview of the GLOBALG.A.P. governance structure here

See an overview of all GLOBALG.A.P. committees here

See an overview of all GLOBALG.A.P. focus groups here

Download the terms of reference for the technical committees here

GLOBALG.A.P. has five main technical committees:

Fruit & Vegetables
Aquaculture
Livestock
GRASP
Systems & Rules

Fruit and & Vegetables Technical Committee – consisting of nine retail/food service members and nine producer/supplier members

Aquaculture Technical Committee – consisting of six retail/food service members and six producer/supplier members

Livestock Technical Committee – consisting of six retail/food service members and six producer/supplier members

GRASP Technical Committee – consisting of six retail/food service members and six producer/supplier members

Systems & Rules Technical Committee – consisting of five retail/food service members, five producer/supplier members, and three certification body members.

The producer/trader and retailer/food service members represent, with a minimum of one expert each, the following regions: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania (only Fruit & Vegetables and GRASP) and Asia.

What do they do?

They are responsible for developing and defining the standard criteria, known as control points and compliance criteria. They also define the cornerstone of the rules, the GLOBALG.A.P. general regulations, which establish clear criteria for the successful implementation and verification of the standards.

The role of the technical committees is to maintain the systems and rules of the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard and GRASP, respectively.

Main tasks:

Maintain the standards.
Review scope-related communication.
Decide on sector-related technical interpretation of the systems and rules for the Integrated Farm Assurance and Crops for Processing standards, the Harmonized Produce Safety Standard, and the GRASP add-on.
Participate in the peer review of national interpretation guidelines submitted by the national technical working groups, thereby ensuring harmonized interpretation and proposing adoption.
Advise the GLOBALG.A.P. Board in a technical capacity when called upon.
Participate in focus groups as the need arises.
Review the work of related focus groups before publication. Each focus group proposal that is not accepted by a technical committee shall be brought to the GLOBALG.A.P. Board, accompanied by clear and objective justifications of committee decisions.

Introducing the GLOBALG.A.P. Committee Structure

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Technical Committees Term 2020 onwards

COVID-19: During this time of crisis, in which most travel is restricted, GLOBALG.A.P. is facilitating all meetings to be held virtually.

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