FAQ
What are Good Agriculture Practices (GAP)?
GAP programs are protocols set by industry or government. Growers use or follow these protocols to produce a commodity in alignment with the program's agronomic and environmental standards. This is an evolving definition.
What is Food Safety?
Development and use of systems, protocols, and technology to assess, evaluate, and mitigate the risk of food borne diseases from reaching the consumer.
What is Third Party Verification?
Third Party Verification is the process of contacting an independent third party organization to certify an organization has correctly implemented specific programs or systems. In agriculture, third party verifications are requested either by the grower or markets to confirm a program or system has been implemented and functions as designed or correctly.
GAP programs are protocols set by industry or government. Growers use or follow these protocols to produce a commodity in alignment with the program's agronomic and environmental standards. This is an evolving definition.
What is Food Safety?
Development and use of systems, protocols, and technology to assess, evaluate, and mitigate the risk of food borne diseases from reaching the consumer.
What is Third Party Verification?
Third Party Verification is the process of contacting an independent third party organization to certify an organization has correctly implemented specific programs or systems. In agriculture, third party verifications are requested either by the grower or markets to confirm a program or system has been implemented and functions as designed or correctly.
