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GLOBALG.A.P. — IFA
- Covers
- Farm-level good agricultural practice
- Certificate
- Copy available on request
Quality & food safety
Verify us before you buy.
Every claim on this page is one you can check: certificates with their scheme numbers and issuing bodies, a signed record at each inspection stage, and a cold chain you can read straight off the logger. Documentation is provided on request and with every quotation.
- Lot-level traceability
- EU MRL compliant
- Documents before loading
Six inspection stages
Documented on every shipment
TraceabilityLot-level
Cold chain12–14 °C, logged
ResiduesEU 396/2005
Inspection recordEvery stage
Export standards
What every crate has to meet
One specification, applied the same way to a trial pallet and to a season-long programme.
EU Class I grading
Shape, colour and firmness graded to EU Class I. Anything below it never joins the export line.
Consistent calibre
Sized to your calibre band so carton weight and count hold across the whole container.
Residue compliance
Grown within EU maximum residue limits under Regulation 396/2005, with residue testing before shipment. Residue reports are available per shipment on request.
Cold-chain control
Cured, then held and shipped at 12–14 °C with a data-logger in every reefer.
Export packaging & labelling
Export cartons of 3, 6 and 10 kg, labelled to your specification and lot-marked. Bulk export only. Labelling standards, GS1 included, are agreed with your team before printing.
Social compliance
GRASP and SMETA cover fair labour, safety and worker welfare. Audit documentation is available on request.
Inspection
Six checkpoints between the field and the reefer
Each stage has its own pass criteria, its own record and a name against it. A lot that fails one goes back a stage.
- 1
Field & lifting
Lots are lifted at maturity and kept separate by field and date from the first crate onward.
- Field and lot recorded
- Skin set and maturity
- Soil and damage screen
- 2
Intake & curing
Curing at 28–30 °C heals the skin, develops the sugars and cuts storage loss.
- Temperature and humidity log
- Curing duration
- Rot and bruising removed
- 3
Wash & sort
Washed, then sorted for shape, skin finish and internal defects.
- Water quality
- Skin finish and shape
- Cut test per lot
- 4
Grading & calibre
Graded to EU Class I and sized to the calibre band on your order.
- Class I criteria
- Calibre band and count
- Carton check-weighing
- 5
Packing & labelling
Packed to your carton spec and marked with the lot code that follows it to your door.
- Carton and pallet spec
- Lot code and label
- Pallet count and stability
- 6
Pre-loading
Container inspected, pre-cooled and loaded under supervision; documents are issued before it leaves.
- Pre-cool and set point
- Data-logger placed
- Phytosanitary certificate and documents
Food safety
Handled clean, held cold
Food safety is mostly housekeeping done the same way every day: clean water, clean hands, clean surfaces — and a temperature that never drifts.
- Potable water for every wash, sampled on a schedule
- Colour-coded cleaning kit and a documented sanitation round
- Staff trained in hygiene and personal protective equipment
- Pest control by an external contractor, reports on file
- Allergen and foreign-body checks before the cartons close
- Traceability by lot code, forward and back, within four hours
Temperatures we hold
Curing
28–30 °C
5–7 days at high humidity so the skin heals
Cold store
12–14 °C
85–90% RH — below 10 °C causes chilling injury
Reefer
12–14 °C
Pre-cooled, set point logged for the whole voyage
Certifications
Credentials you can verify
Certificates are issued by accredited bodies and kept current. Copies — carrying the scheme number, the validity date and the issuing body — are provided to qualified buyers on request and with every quotation, so your compliance team can verify them at source.
BR
BRCGS / IFS Food
- Covers
- Packhouse food-safety management
- Certificate
- Copy available on request
GR
GRASP
- Covers
- Social practice on the farm
- Assessment
- Copy available on request
SM
SMETA / Sedex
- Covers
- Ethical trade audit
- Report
- Copy available on request
We display no logo we are not entitled to use. If a scheme is not listed here, we do not hold it. Certificate copies are shared during the quotation process.
Facility & operations
Where the work happens
Field, harvest, grading and packing — the stages every container passes through.
Illustrative agricultural photography. Photography of our own site is in production; until it is ready you are welcome to audit the facility in person or walk it with us on a video call.
Why buyers stay
Four ways a produce import goes wrong
And what we have in place so it doesn’t happen to your container.
Where shipments go wrongWhat we do about it
Arrival quality doesn’t match the sample you approved.
Pre-shipment inspection with dated photos of the actual lot, sent before the container leaves.
Certificates that can’t be checked — or belong to someone else.
Scheme number, validity and certifying body for every credential, so you can verify them at source.
A gap in the cold chain that nobody can account for.
A data-logger in every reefer; the full temperature trace is handed over on arrival.
Silence when the schedule slips.
One named contact who replies within four hours, Sunday to Friday.
Good to know
Questions buyers ask us
Can we audit your farm and packhouse?
Yes — in person or by video call, whenever suits you. We will also host a third-party audit at your request.
Which certifications do you actually hold?
The schemes listed above, and only those. Certificate copies, with numbers and validity dates, are provided to qualified buyers on request.
How is traceability recorded?
Every carton carries a lot code that maps back to the field, the harvest date and the packing shift. We can trace forward or back within four hours.
Do you test for pesticide residues?
Yes — against EU maximum residue limits under Regulation 396/2005, with a residue report available per shipment.
What happens if a load arrives out of spec?
Send photos and the logger file as soon as possible after discharge. We assess the claim against our own pre-shipment record; how a confirmed claim is settled is set out in the contract for your shipment.
Certifications check out?
Send your destination port and volume. A quote and the full documentation pack follow within four hours.
- Reply within 4 hours
- Full document pack
- Samples on request