GLOBALG.AP COOP ITALIA PESTICIDE TRANSPARENCY

What is it?

In the awareness that the use of chemicals in agriculture has become a topic of growing interest for the media, both nationally and internationally, and currently represents one of the major concerns of consumers, Coop Italia, in collaboration with FoodPLUS GmbH, has developed the additional module “Pesticide Transparency”.

This add-on aims to evaluate and monitor the potential use of some active ingredients (reported in the Coop Italia Pesticide Transparency List) , to promote the reduction of pesticides in fruit and vegetable products supplied under the Coop Italia brand.

The add-on is verified in combination with the “Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA)” standard for fruit and vegetables , thus reducing duplication and increasing flexibility for suppliers.

The COOP Italia form is applicable to individual agricultural companies and producer groups.

Key points

The COOP ITALIA PESTICIDE TRANSPARENCY add-on is based on the GLOBALG.AP IFA standard and integrates it with a series of requirements aimed at evaluating the management and use of pesticides at farm level:

• Plant protection product application records
• Documented procedures and control measures
• Use of alternative agrochemicals
• Pesticide residue analysis
• Traceability and segregation

Certification process

• Filling out the questionnaire and sending the data to CSQA
• Issuance by CSQA of the offer for certification and acceptance of payment of the fees provided for by the COOP Italia form
• Audit planning and conduct (joint audit with GLOBALG.AP IFA)
• Management of non-conformities, if necessary
• Release of certificate valid for one year

REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION AND/OR RENEWAL

The following questionnaire must be completed and sent by e-mail to csqa@csqa.it for:

• the request for the first GLOBALG.A.P. certification
• the request for annual renewal of the certificate

GLOBALG.A.P. FEE

GLOBALG.A.P. has published the new fee " GLOBALG.A.P. Fee Table ":

• "GLOBALG.A.P. Fee Table" for all Countries
• "GLOBALG.A.P. Fee Table" for North America (USA and Canada)

The fee defines the taxes that GLOBALG.A.P. , through CSQA, applies to companies requesting certification.

SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT

Sublicense agreement for all Countries
Sublicense agreement for North America (USA and Canada)