Warsaw/Poland, 21.9.2011:
GLOBALGA.P.'s 7 stop TOUR 2011 reached out to Eastern European producers and retailers last week in Warsaw, Poland.
A high degree of interest was shown for GLOBALG.A.P.'s new entry level foundation scheme called Primary Farm Assurance (PFA) developed especially for emerging producers and markets as a stepping stone to full GLOBALG.A.P. Certification.
Currently there are 1345 fully certified GLOBALG.A.P. growers in Poland certified mostly for the export markets of Western Europe. However there are around 2 million emerging farmers who are developing to supply the local and regional markets of Eastern Europe and Russia.
GLOBALG.A.P. Chairman Nigel Garbutt commented “Our PFA program will provide training and consultancy to growers who start implementing G.A.P. in their production and prepares them for a step wise approach to achieving global recognition with GLOBALG.A.P. Certification. The PFA farms are starting to supply local retail chains and to the significant food processing companies in Poland.“
Piotr Rybarczyk, Quality Assurance Specialist, spoke about „how Real and then Metro Group Logistics will require all fruit and vegetable suppliers to prepare for GLOBALG.A.P. Certification. Also livestock and aquaculture products follow strict quality requirements and GLOBALG.A.P. Certification will be one element to achieve these in the medium term.”
Mirosław Maliszewski, Member of the Polish Parliament and President of the Association of Polish Horticulture said: "The Polish Government supports private farm assurance systems and welcomes GLOBALG.A.P.?s initiatives as they are in line with the Governments policy to enhance food safety and sustainability in agriculture."
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Categories: Agricultural, Good Agricultural Practice
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