Chain of Custody version 5

INTRODUCTION

The GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification Standard is to ensure segregation and traceability throughout the supply chain. GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody is not a food safety certification. It has been established to make sure that any product sold as GLOBALG.A.P. certified originates from a GLOBALG.A.P. certified producer/producer group. Only Chain of Custody certified companies are allowed to use the GLOBALG.A.P. certified product claim for sales in business-to-business communication.

The main concept of the Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification is:

1.Identification. Each company is registered in the GLOBALG.A.P. Database and receives its own GGN or CoC Number.

2.Input check. The company checks the certified status of the purchased products and the validity of the supplier’s certificate.

3.Labeling. Each certified company labels the product with its own CoC Number and/or the producers’ GGNs and identifies the GLOBALG.A.P. certified products in the transaction (sales) documents.

4.Traceability system. The CoC certified company has a system to avoid mixing of certified and not certified products, ensure traceability and demonstrate mass balance.

5.Mass balance. The CoC certified company validates the system through a mass balance.

6.Certification. Certification is done by GLOBALG.A.P. approved and accredited independent certification bodies.

How to manage CoC companies in the database?

CoC version 5 is implemented as a separate standard. New CoC products have been implemented for this standard: aquaculture chain of custody, livestock chain of custody and crops chain of custody.