Partner newsletter Spring 2020
Partner newsletter Spring 2020
Disclaimer: This publication was established for the purpose of providing information to interested parties with respect to GMP+-standards. The publication will be updated regularly. GMP+ International B.V. is not liable for any inaccuracies in this publication. Š GMP+ International B.V. All rights reserved. The information in this publication may be consulted on the screen, downloaded and printed as long as this is done for your own, non-commercial use. For other desired uses, prior written permission should be obtained from the GMP+ International B.V.
To our valued partners The GMP+ Feed Certification scheme cannot exist without our joint commitment to Feed Safety Worldwide. That is why, with this newsletter, we would like to inform you about the latest developments surrounding Feed Safety Worldwide. 2020 is shaping up to be a special year for GMP+ International and the GMP+ Feed Certification scheme. Among other things, we are planning to launch our completely redesigned GMP+ FSA module later this year. And we have additional facts and developments to share with you. In this newsletter we’d like to give you a short update on where we stand and where we’re headed. What are the most important steps we have taken? How are we planning to guide our community through this new decade? At the moment, we are all affected by the coronavirus, not only personally but also in doing business. Animal feed is part of the food supply and as long as there is a demand for food, there will be continuity in feed supply, although with challenges. At GMP+ International we are always looking for ways in which we can support the companies in producing safe animal feed, especially now under these circumstances.
‘ We are looking forward to working with you in 2020, and beyond.’ Johan den Hartog Managing Director, GMP+ International
Partner newsletter
We have listened to our community. What we heard was that our scheme should be workable and pragmatic, without surrendering feed safety. That is why we, together with our stakeholders, have redesigned and rewritten the GMP+ Feed Certification scheme. Our standards will be simplified, while maintaining the same high level of feed safety assurance. The restructured GMP+ FSA module will contain one general standard for all companies, and, compared to the current scheme, will focus on the mandated outcome, much less on the process. The new scheme is scheduled to be released later this year. Read everything about #ProjectGMP+2020 on our website.
4 4
Spring 2020
GMP+ FSA and GMP+ FRA:
The numbers
25,948 1,010 Total GMP+ FSA certificates
18,278 86
Total GMP+ FRA certificates
Total GMP+ FSA certified companies
Countries with GMP+ FSA certified companies
35
Total GMP+ accepted Certification Bodies:
Numbers as of March 31st, 2020
5
Partner newsletter
Chain partners Driven by the growth of market demand for GMP+ certification and better coordination within the feed and food chain, the number of partners with whom we collaborate is growing. They are the first external support group for GMP+ International. The main goal of extending the number of partners is to realize one of our core values, which is acting together with stakeholder groups. These collaborations range from participation of external experts in our expert committees to promoting feed safety awareness. As of February 2020, GMP+ International has 41 feed and food partners, 9 food scheme partners, and 8 other feed scheme partners. In 2019, we acquired five new partnership & collaboration agreements.
41 8 Feed and food partners
Feed scheme partners
9
5
Food scheme partners
6
New partnership & collaboration agreements
Spring 2020
New chain partners are: • E MFEMA, an association of EU-located producers of macro minerals, trace element compounds and specific minerals for use in animal nutrition. • Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI), actively participates in the promulgation of government policies affecting the agricultural industry. The association also fosters unified sourcing and procurement of quality agricultural inputs for feed milling in the Philippines. • Thai Feed Mill Association (TFMA), promotes the production of companies that are related to production animal food trade, and it imports raw materials such as corn, fish meal, soybean, soybean meal for domestic and export markets in Thailand. • Polskie Zrzeszenie Producentów Bydła Mięsnego (Polish Beef Association), manages a certification scheme for beef quality, called QMP Dobra Wolowina, which is open for beef cattle producers, feed manufacturers, livestock carriers, and meat processors in Poland. • Ukraine Oilseed Association UKROLIYAPROM, represents 90 percent of the total Ukraine oil seeds processing and oil production sector. In addition, we renewed our agreements with Stichting Brancheorganisatie Kalversector (SBK), a sector organization managing the IKB veal scheme in the Netherlands; Stichting Milieukeur (SMK) in the Netherlands, which works with farmers to make products and operations more sustainable; and with Duurzame Zuivelketen (Sustainable Dairy Chain) in the Netherlands, a joint initiative of the Dutch Dairy Association (NZO) and LTO Netherlands, with collaboration about use of responsible soy products in dairy feeds.
In January 2020, we signed new partners agreements with: • Eurasian Poultry Association (EPA), which represents feed companies, poultry farmers and poultry meat and egg processors in Eurasian countries. • European Forage Association (EFA), a platform for members of national hay and straw associations from across Europe.
7
Partner newsletter
Save the date:
Global Feed Safety Summit In 2022, GMP+ International will host the inaugural Global Feed Safety Summit. We decided to organize this summit after the successful international conference in Amsterdam, November 2017. This time, experts from all over the world will gather in Berlin to share the latest insights and discuss the most prominent challenges the feed industry is facing. It will be an event you don’t want to miss, so save the date. Together we aim to set the feed safety agenda for the next 10 years. More details will be released soon, so stay tuned.
8
Spring 2020
Minimum requirements for purchasing Another important improvement of the GMP+ feed safety assurance certification is the harmonisation of minimum requirements for purchasing together with other feed safety schemes. It is a response to many signals we received from companies interested in GMP+ FSA certification located in regions with a limited number of certified feed material suppliers. The new requirements will enble to implement step by step certification in the whole supply chain. The reason behind harmonisation of the purchase requirements is to give more freedom to companies in sourcing their feed ingredients and materials while keeping in mind the importance of “gatekeeping�. The companies will be more mindful in ensuring the products they buy are safe. The harmonization also contributes to creating a level playing field and an assured (certified) chain. Information is available on our website: Visit gmpplus.org
9
Partner newsletter
Registered Consultants A second external support group for GMP+ International are the so-called Registered Consultants. Registered Consultants are professionals accepted by GMP+ International, who advise companies about the implementation of the requirements of the GMP+ Feed Certification scheme. Last year, we renewed the regulation for registration and intensified the recruitment of consultants. Now, we have 14 registered consultants in the Argentina, Brazil, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands and Ukraine. Our goal is to ensure the level of knowledge and the skills of our Registered Consultants. Therefore, we organized the first consultants’ harmonization meeting in September of 2019. The 3-day training became a platform to connect consultants from all over the world sharing experiences, knowledge and exchange of insights about GMP+ schemes including practical cases. For GMP+ International, we are confident that our Registered Consultants are doing good consultancy services in their respective territories. We received very good feedback from participants. Therefore, we intend to organize this kind of meetings on an annual base.
10
Spring 2020
Support Program for Certification Bodies In striving for Feed Safety Worldwide, we believe in the power of collaboration. This is why we have started a support program for accepted Certification Bodies (CB’s). Among other things, this program aims to strengthen the relationship between GMP+ International and CB’s, intensify the promotion of feed safety culture amongst companies in different regions, and realize uniformity in communication about the GMP+ Feed Certification scheme worldwide. The first result was the publication of the local offices of accepted Certification Bodies on our website. This will enable interested companies to contact a CB local office in their own country and their own language. In March of 2020, we should have our first regional harmonisation meeting with auditors in Kuala Lumpur, for the Asia region. Based on the results of this, we would look to extend these meetings in other regions as well. Due to the Corona virus epidemy we postponed it to second half of 2020.
‘We believe in the power of collaboration.’ 11
Partner newsletter
Examination CB auditors Starting this March, aspiring auditors for the GMP+ feed certification scheme will be able to complete their examinations online (with online proctoring). Although auditors will still have the opportunity to be examined at a physical location (if so desired), we believe an online course will save participants a lot of time and hassle. In addition, exams taken online can be reviewed more quickly. In collaboration with the Dutch knowledge institute Explain, our exams will be evaluated and revised, and updated more frequently in accordance with the needs of the rapidly changing industry.
12
Spring 2020
With over 18,000 certified companies worldwide, GMP+ International is a renowned source of knowledge and data when it comes to feed safety. Since the level of knowledge varies widely throughout the sector, we have decided to step up our game even more when it comes to knowledge sharing. Through our GMP+ Academy (which will be relaunched partly throughout this year, and fully in Spring 2021), we will provide our community with relevant but pragmatic source of information about a wide range of subjects concerning feed safety. Currently, we are researching the possibility of having some form of ‘GMP+ registered’ knowledge institutions to provide training courses about feed safety management. We will also launch a first e-learning module about HACCP this Spring. We will keep you posted on all of these promising new developments.
Visit gmpplus.org
At GMP+ International we value your opinion, only together we can complete our mission: Feed Safety Worldwide. So please share your feedback and ideas with us via info@gmpplus.org.
13
Partner newsletter
At GMP+ International, we believe everybody, no matter who they are or where they live, should have access to safe food.
GMP+ International Braillelaan 9 2289 CL Rijswijk The Netherlands t. +31 (0)70 - 307 41 20 (Office) +31 (0)70 - 307 41 44 (Help Desk) e. info@gmpplus.org
14