We Provide Consulting and Auditing for the Following Food Safety Schemes:

 GlobalGAP (previously known as EurepGAP)

EurepGAP was established in 1997 in response to customer concerns about product safety and to replace the cumbersome auditing system that required producers and retailers to complete multiple audits for different markets. GlobalGAP established a standardized GAP system addressing management systems, environmental impacts, chemical applications, worker health and safety, and animal welfare to satisfy market and customer demands.

GlobalGAP certification audit or standards integrates all agricultural products into a single farm audit.  To achieve certification, agricultural suppliers should follow the instructions found at its Web site.

Primus Labs:

Based in California, Primus Labs provides a range of services including pesticide residue testing for microbiological organisms, third party auditing, and development of documents and data management systems, and bilingual educational materials.

Primus Labs’ audit and third-party verification services include the following types of organization and production processes: ranch, harvest crews, packing houses, processing facilities, greenhouses, and cooling/cold storage. Recently Primus developed a GFSI certified program called: PrimusGFS.

Also, Primus Labs provides on-line food-safety based document/manual development tools. By using these tools, organizations can development site-specific Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), monitoring logs, flow charts, standard operating procedures, employee education outlines, and hazard plans.

Safe Quality Food Institute (SQF) :
SQF was acquired and supervised by the Food Marketing Institute.  SQF Institute offers two food safety audit certification programs, (SQF 1000 and SQF 2000).

SQF 1000 is tailored to growers and/or producers.  Components of the 1000 audit require the supplier to have site-specific protocols or plans developed for Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), food safety and food quality concerns. 

SQF 2000 focuses on food manufacturers and/or distributors.  Included in the 2000 audit are Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), food safety and food quality plans specific to the manufacture’ and/or distributor’s facility.   

SQF certification program also includes other audit components including worker welfare, environment, animal care, and food security.

British Retail Consortium (BRC):

In 1998 the British Retail Consortium (BRC), responding to industry needs, developed and introduced the BRC Food Technical Standard to be used to evaluate manufacturers of retailers own brand food products. It is designed to assist retailers and brand owners produce food products of consistent safety and quality and assist with their 'due diligence' defence, should they be subject to a prosecution by the enforcement authorities. Under EU food Law, retailers and brand owners have a legal responsibility for their brands.

BRC Food Safety audit schemes are recognized as GFSI and implemented in the U.S.  However majority of audits we’ve completed have been in the Northeast in orchards. 

Tesco Nurture 10 (TN10) :

TN10 audits are overseen by NSF-Cmi.  TN10 is a specific food safety audit required by the Tesco grocery chain.  As of 2011, very few Tesco grocery chains exist in the United Sates however Tesco presents aboard is almost in every country. 

In my opinion they provide products similar to what American’s find at a Wal-mart. Typical only specific packinghouses providing to Tesco will require a Tesco audit.  TN10 is not recognized as a GFSI audit.


ISO 22000:
The International Organization of Standardization (ISO) created one of the most popular and most recognized standardization in the world: the Quality Management System Standard ISO 9001. This standard was developed decades ago to provide a uniform standard worldwide for quality management. ISO and its member countries used the Quality Management System approach, and tailored it to apply to Food Safety, incorporating the widely used and proven HACCP principles into the quality management system. The resulting standard is ISO 22000. With ISO 22000 you get to build your own Food Safety Management System tailored to the particular type of food production, handling or processing of your business.

USDA-GAP/GHP:

USDA GAP-GHP is a program developed by the Federal Government and is mostly used to validate products growers are selling to Federal or State programs, such as schools and prisons. 

Other:

Salmon Safe:

For more than a decade after first certifying farms in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Salmon-Safe has become one of the nation's leading regional eco labels with more than 60,000 acres of farm and urban lands certified in Oregon, Washington, and California. The Salmon-Safe retail campaign has been featured in 250 supermarkets and natural food stores, delivering important marketplace benefits to participating landowners.

Founded by Pacific Rivers Council, Salmon-Safe is now an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Portland Oregon. Our mission is to transform land management practices so Pacific salmon can thrive in West Coast watersheds.Low Imput Viticulture Enology Inc (LIVE), http://liveinc.org/:

LIVE is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that provides education and certification for vineyards and wineries. LIVE uses international standards of sustainable viticultural and enological practices in both wine-grape and wine production. These practices are based on an independent 3rd-party-verified checklist system consisting of required and prohibited elements, as well as numerous ecological options.

LIVE collaborates with Salmon Safe to provide whole farm Environmental Audits for production other then wine or vines. 

Food Alliance:

Food Alliance works at the juncture of science, business and values to define and promote sustainability in agriculture and the food industry, and to ensure safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and careful stewardship of ecosystems.

Food Alliance provides an Environmental based audit and certification process. Food Alliance enjoys support from leaders in both organic and conventional agriculture, from retail and wholesale food businesses, government agencies, and organizations representing farm labor, animal welfare, and the environment.

Growers Response Agriculture, Safety, Sustainable, Practices (GRAS2P):

Washington State Horticultural Association initiative, GRAS2P is a Fruit Industry wide audit readiness and education program.  GRAS2P was developed to provide growers with the tools to implement a food safety program. 

EcoApple-Red Tomato:

Based out of the Northeast, Red Tomato provides Fruit grower members in the Northeast an Environmental and Food Safety based audit and certification.  This audit is local to the northeast however may expand to the Pacific Northwest.