Global G.A.P. is an internationally recognized certified standard that ensures Good Agricultural Practices. Global Gap outlines international standards that act as a safeguard for food safety, workers’ health and safety, animal welfare, and environmental protection. The focus is on agricultural produce, livestock, and aquaculture. Global Gap’s objective is to promote sustainable agriculture worldwide that guarantees retailers and consumers standardized criteria on food safety. This is done by implementing HACCP, traceability, and segregation, with particular emphasis on procedures such as recall and withdrawal procedures. Moreover, Global G.A.P could be extensively beneficial to the farm’s record-keeping system and improve product quality. To get a better understanding of the concepts that govern the Global G.A.P standard, the following key terms will be briefly discussed, option 1 and 2 certification; parallel ownership and parallel production; main clauses, and major and minor must levels.
Global G.A.P standards are applicable not only to primary crop producers like fruit and vegetables, flowers and ornamentals, hops, and herbs but also applies to livestock such as cattle, pigs, poultry, and turkey as well as aquaculture.