GlobalG.A.P. is a global certification scheme supporting producers and their buyers with the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) on their farms.
Our introduction course provides a background to food safety, the role of international food safety standards in general and what GlobalG.A.P. entails.
The course aims to provide a basic introduction of the GlobalG.A.P. regulations and the changes to the standard in Version 5.
TRAINING CALENDAR – ALL EVENTS REGISTER HEREIndustry experts present our cost-effective food safety courses. It is fun, engaging and interactive with practical examples and activities. Delegates write an assessment at the end of the course and will receive a handout and certificate of attendance.
We are based in Port Elizabeth and service the following provinces in South Africa:
- Eastern Cape
- Western Cape
- Gauteng
- KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)
Course Level
Advanced Food Safety course
Course Duration
1 Day
Minimum Requirements
A good understanding of HACCP is required before attending this course. We recommend first attending our Introduction to HACCP course or HACCP for the HACCP Team course.
Who Should Attend?
- Farmers and producers of fruit and vegetables.
- People new to the GLOBALG.A.P. standard.
- Anyone currently responsible for and managing a farm’s GLOBALG.A.P. system.
- Farm managers
- System administrators
- Supervisors
- HACCP Team
Course Outline
- Background to Food Safety and GLOBALG.A.P. certification.
- An overview of the GLOBALG.A.P. Regulations.
- An overview of the certification and what it entails.
- An overview of sanctions and how they occur.
- An introduction to risk assessments.
- An overview of the changes to GLOBALG.A.P. in version 5.
- An introduction to All Farm Base (AF) Control Points (CP) & Compliance Criteria.
- An introduction to Crops Base.
- An introduction to Fruit and Vegetables Base.
- An introduction to GLOBALG.A.P. audit methodology.
- ASSESSMENT
Recommendations
This introductory course is aimed at creating awareness of the GLOBALG.A.P. international standard, and everyone is welcome to attend.
The implementation of the GLOBALG.A.P. Food Safety Management System is covered in our more advanced 3-day Implementation of a Food Safety Management System based on GLOBALG.A.P. course (which includes this course).
Excellent complementary courses to also consider:
- Food Defence and Food Fraud (1-day intermediate course)
- Root Cause Analysis (1-day intermediate course)