GLOBALG.A.P. is a trademark and a set of standards for good agricultural practices (G.A.P.).

We are a global organization with a crucial objective: safe, sustainable agriculture worldwide. We set voluntary standards for the certification of agricultural products around the globe – and more and more producers, suppliers, and buyers are harmonizing their certification standards to match our Company’s Purpose.

Good Agricultural Practice is not just about products; it’s also about people.

That’s why our members developed GRASP, a GLOBALG.A.P.+ Add-on product.
GRASP stands for GLOBALG.A.P. Risk Assessment on Social Practice, and is a voluntary ready-to-use module developed to assess social practices on the farm, addressing specific aspects of workers’ health, safety and welfare.

The organic logo can only be used on products that have been certified as organic by an authorised control agency or body. This means that they have fulfilled strict conditions on how they must be produced, processed, transported and stored. The logo can only be used on products when they contain at least 95% of organic ingredients and additionally respect further strict conditions for the remaining 5%. The same ingredient cannot be present in organic and non organic form.

Before a farmer is allowed to name and sell his products as organic, he needs to seek for a permission at the relevant authority. This includes that the farmer has to manage his fields organically for two years. During these two years, the field has to meet the strict organic standards – but the harvest is not yet allowed to be sold as such. It is only after the successful compliance of the formalities within this 2-years-period that a product is truly organic

At least once a year, organic producers are controlled by a regionally responsible food authority or by the Agrifish Agency. Also nascent organic farmers who are in the 2-years transition period are controlled.

State control is also about the process and storage of organic products. In this way, organic farms must ensure that organic products are not coming into contact with non-organic goods. If a farmer disregards this regulation, he can be fined or even loose his entitlement for the distribution of organic products.