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GLOBALG.A.P. APPROVED CERTIFICATION BODIES
Quality and integrity of the highest level
Certification body approval
Certification bodies that want to become GLOBALG.A.P. approved must be ISO/IEC 17065 accredited for the relevant standard (such as the Integrated Farm Assurance [IFA]), the scope (e.g., Crops, Aquaculture, Livestock), and the sub-scope (e.g., Fruits and Vegetables, Pigs, etc.).
This must be achieved through an accreditation body which is a member of the International Accreditation Forum and signatory of the Multilateral Agreement on Product Certification. All of these accreditation bodies have been subject to a peer evaluation in the product certification field and have received a positive recommendation in its report.
GLOBALG.A.P. only signs license and certification agreements with certification bodies that successfully pass the GLOBALG.A.P. internal approval process. The agreements and the accreditation ensure a high level of standardized quality and integrity of certification bodies’ procedures.
Some certification bodies have been approved for more than one standard and scope.

Product | Product Type | Scopes | 2019 No. Of approved CBs | 2020 No. Of approved CBs | Growth |
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Integrated Farm Assurance | Standard | Crops | 145 | 151 | 4.14% |
Aquaculture | 15 | 16 | 6.67% | ||
Livestock | 16 | 19 | 18.75% | ||
Compound Feed Manufacturing | Standard | 17 | 17 | 0.00% | |
Chain of Custody | Standard | 65 | 71 | 9.23% | |
GRASP | Add-on | 109 | 133 | 22.02% | |
Albert Heijn | Add-on | 55 | 53 | -3.64% | |
Crops for Processing | Standard | 7 | 9 | 28.57% | |
FSMA PSR | Add-on | 30 | 34 | 13.33% | |
Nurture | Add-on | 46 | 51 | 10.87% | |
GGFSA | Add-on | 17 | 21 | 23.53% | |
SPRING | Add-on | 23 | 32 | 39.13% | |
TR4 | Add-on | 10 | 16 | 60.00% |
Key Performance Indicators for Certification Bodies
In 2017, a series of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were developed to measure the performance of certification bodies and present the information to the public. The KPIs were developed together with the certification bodies and include scores on integrity assessments, complaint management, database management and administrative issues.
The KPIs are published on the GLOBALG.A.P. website and are updated on a six-monthly basis. These criteria are reflected in a 5-star rating system, with 1 star for poorest performance and 5 stars for best performance.
GLOBALG.A.P. approved certification bodies - Headquarter locations
There were 172 approved certification bodies worldwide by the end of 2020. Their headquarter locations are shown on the map. Please note that certification bodies also operate internationally, not just in the country in which their headquarters are located.
Hover your mouse over a highlighted country to see the number of certification body headquarters located there.
TRAINING FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES
Maintaining excellence
GLOBALG.A.P. conducts regular workshops for GLOBALG.A.P. approved certification bodies (CBs). These are designed for auditors, inspectors, in-house trainers, and scheme managers who must fulfill certain qualification requirements.
Every GLOBALG.A.P. approved CB must appoint:
- A scheme manager, who must attend an annual Scheme Managers Update Workshop.
- An in-house trainer, who is responsible for training the CB’s auditors and inspectors. In-house trainers are scope-specific and must attend a face-to-face In-House Trainer Training, as well as pass an exam on the content of the entire standard. They are responsible for IFA – Integrated Farm Assurance, CoC – Chain of Custody, GRASP – Social Practice, etc., for every standard version.
If a CB’s scheme manager and/or in-house trainer does/do not comply with any of the GLOBALG.A.P. qualification requirements – including the training described above – the CB is blocked in the GLOBALG.A.P. database and cannot issue any certificates.
All GLOBALG.A.P. approved auditors and inspectors responsible for auditing the quality management systems (QMS) of producer groups and multisite producers must attend a face-to-face QMS Training and pass an exam on how to audit the GLOBALG.A.P. QMS. In addition, all GLOBALG.A.P. approved auditors and inspectors must pass an online exam on the content of the normative documents of the standards, scopes, and sub-scopes they are approved to audit, according to the latest standard version. Auditors or inspectors who do not pass the online exams for the scopes and sub-scopes they are registered for – or the QMS training in the case of auditors – are blocked in the GLOBALG.A.P. database and cannot perform any audits/inspections.
Online exams
GLOBALG.A.P. online exams are available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Online Exam | No. of auditors and inspectors |
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GLOBALG.A.P. IFA | 2498 |
GRASP v1.3-1-i_July20 | 1853 |
GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody v6.0 | 695 |
AH-DLL GROW Add-on v3.0 | 453 |
NURTURE Module Version 11.2 | 387 |
Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule Add-on Version 1.2 | 357 |
Sustainable Program for Irrigation and Groundwater Use (SPRING) Add-on Version 1.1 | 282 |
GLOBALG.A.P. Compound Feed Manufacturing v2.2 | 119 |
TR 4 BioSecurity Add-on for Bananas V1.0 | 104 |
GLOBALG.A.P. NON-GM/Ohne Gentechnik Add-on | 50 |
GLOBALG.A.P. Commercial Pigs Raised Without Antibiotics Add-on V 1.0 | 3 |
GLOBALG.A.P. trainings completed in 2020
Worldwide training locations and languages
Hover your mouse over the sections to see the breakdown.
Training participants according to language and type
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CB In-house Trainer training
This program qualifies inspectors and auditors working for GLOBALG.A.P. approved certification bodies to become in-house trainers. 36 In-House Trainer trainings took place in 2020.
Hover over the sections to see the breakdown of completed trainings by topic.
Date | Place | Scope | Language |
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August | Online | AH-DLL GROW | English |
September | Online | AH-DLL GROW | English |
October | Online | AH-DLL GROW | Spanish |
October | Online | AH-DLL GROW | English |
November | Online | CFM | English |
February | Mexico City | CoC | Spanish |
June | Online | CoC V6 | English |
September | Online | CoC V6 | Spanish |
September | Online | CoC V6 | Spanish |
November | Online | IFA Crops | English |
November | Online | IFA Crops | Spanish |
February | Mexico City | GRASP | Spanish |
October | Online | GRASP | English |
October | Online | GRASP | English |
December | Online | IDA | English |
February | Madrid/Spain | IFA Livestock | English |
March | Stellenbosch/SA | NURTURE | English |
July | Online | NURTURE | English |
February | Cologne/Germany | SPRING | English |
March | Stellenbosch/SA | SPRING | English |
June | Online | SPRING | Spanish |
November | Online | SPRING | English |
June | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
June | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
June | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
June | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
July | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
July | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
July | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
July | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
September | Online | Update Training GRASP | Spanish |
September | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
September | Online | Update Training GRASP | Spanish |
September | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
October | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
October | Online | Update Training GRASP | English |
CB Scheme Manager Update training
This program focuses on CB operational issues, updates for scheme managers and provides an opportunity to clarify technical questions. It is neither scope nor standard specific. All CB Scheme Manager Update trainings in 2020 were conducted online.
Date | Language | Participants |
---|---|---|
May | English | 11 |
May | English | 12 |
May | English | 12 |
June | English | 10 |
June | English | 10 |
July | Spanish | 10 |
July | Spanish | 13 |
September | Italian | 5 |
September | Italian | 10 |
October | English | 14 |
October | Spanish | 11 |
October | Spanish | 12 |
October | English | 16 |
November/December | English | 13 |
CB QMS Auditor training for group certification
This program trains auditors of GLOBALG.A.P. approved certification bodies to audit the Quality Management System of producer groups.
Date | Place | Language | Participants |
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February | Mexico | Spanish | 22 |
March | Greece | English | 15 |
March | South Africa | English | 7 |
May | Online | English | 6 |
June | Online | French | 10 |
June | Online | English | 9 |
July | Online | English | 10 |
July | Online | French | 10 |
September | Online | Spanish | 12 |
September | Online | Italian | 7 |
September | Online | Spanish | 9 |
October | Online | English | 14 |
December | Online | English | 14 |
Inspector/Auditor Training for NON-GM Add-on
This program is for certification bodies for the assessment of the NON-GM/Ohne Gentechnik add-on for the scope of Aquaculture, Livestock, Compound Feed Manufacturing and/or Chain of Custody.
Date | For | Language | Participants |
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January | AB/LB | English | 5 |
January | CFM | English | 5 |
January | CoC | English | 6 |
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