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This is a new version of the standard to which it has come after nearly 400 changes.
Almeria horticulture has been chosen by GLOBALG.A.P. to be the first to meet the new standard GLOBALG.A.P. (version 5) Ignacio hand Antequera, responsible for the technical team and large accounts GLOBALG.A.P. "It has been presented in premiere the latest draft of the standard before its final publication in June.
This is a new version of the standard to which it has come after nearly 400 changes and most notably a strengthening of microbiological risk control and responsible use of water. It has also been integrated standard plant propagation material within standards crops, so its certification will be easier ".
The new version will be released in mid-June 2015. during June 2015 and June 2016 producers may choose whether to certify the current version (ver.4) or the new (ver.5). From July 2016 You are binding certify version 5.
As explained Ignacio Antequera, producers will have a period of one year to adjust to changes, whereby, although a learning period will be required for new requirements, the transition should be simple.
"The needs of producers and the demands of their customers have been the constant reference throughout the review process of the rule that has been performed for more than two years. It has also heard other stakeholders, as certification bodies, national working groups and private associations, who wished to participate in the development of the standard during periods of public consultation ", Antequera said.
At the close, President COEXPHAL, Manuel Galdeano, He stressed that "in GLOBAL G.A.P. Tour have addressed critical issues for our future; we have known the developments regarding certification, as well as improvements of the new GLOBAL G.A.P., that will come to collect important aspects for our production.
We have also known, especially, preferences distribution chains and how markets perceive the quality of products, and the demands of consumers who go further and require products obtained from sustainably, something that Almería has much to say, Since, our way of producing is one of the most sustainable in Europe, fully respectful techniques with the environment and people as is the biological control ".
Mª Carmen Morales, Director of Quality and Systems of Anecoop and member of the Steering Committee of GLOBAL G.A.P., analyzed in his speech the 'Strategies and objectives of the Steering Committee of GLOBAL G.A.P'.
GLOBAL mission G.A.P. It is that its members develop the necessary incentives for producers worldwide adopt safe and sustainable practices to make our world a better place for our children to live.
GlobalGap's mission is the global connection between production and distribution of safe food for consumers, and lay the foundation for the protection of natural resources through the implementation of good agricultural practices makes us visualize a sustainable future. To achieve this vision is key count, among others, with values such as transparency, the integrity, the trust, which producers and retailers are partners in this project, said Morales.