2/1/2017 1 Food Safety & Packingshed Design Teresa Wiemerslage ISU Extension and Outreach – Local Foods Team [email protected](563) 794-0599 The Group GAP Advantage: • GroupGAP makes food safety certification accessible for small and middle-sized producers by allowing farmers, food hubs, and other marketing organizations to work together to undergo GAP certification as a group. • This allows group members to pool resources to implement food safety training programs and share the cost of certification. Group GAP Overview: 1. A group is a collection of farms that are organized under a leadership team who manages a Quality Management System (QMS), which oversees the group’s activity (Iowa Food Hub or IFH) 2. The group’s leadership assigns internal auditors, who are trained by the USDA to inspect using the same audit standards as the USDA 3. Every farm in the group is inspected by an internal auditor each year, and receives at least one unannounced audit. Group GAP Overview, continued: 4. instead of auditing every farm at the farmer’s expense, the USDA audits a portion of the farms in the group, serving as a representation of all the farms in the group. They also review the audits of the internal auditors. 5. USDA also audits the group’s QMS for evidence that the system is working. Once the farm audits and group audits are complete, the entire group receives Group GAP certification. 6. Learn more: https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/groupgap 2016 Farms: 1. River Root Farm, 2.5 acres 2. Gordon’s Gardens, 1 acre 3. Kymar Acres, 2.5 acres 4. Nature Haven Farm, 2 acres 5. Luther College Farm, 2 acres 6. Iowa Food Hub facility More than “Cheaper” • Expert and peer coaching increases compliance • Motivation for “continuous improvement” • Less like “farmer vs. auditor” • A system instead of a snapshot in time • A “culture of food safety” and a culture of quality
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• GroupGAP makes food safety certification accessible for small and middle-sized producers by allowing farmers, food hubs, and other marketing organizations to work together to undergo GAP certification as a group.
• This allows group members to pool resources to implement food safety training programs and share the cost of certification.
Group GAP Overview:
1. A group is a collection of farms that are organized under a leadership team who manages a Quality Management System (QMS), which oversees the group’s activity (Iowa Food Hub or IFH)
2. The group’s leadership assigns internal auditors, who are trained by the USDA to inspect using the same audit standards as the USDA
3. Every farm in the group is inspected by an internal auditor each year, and receives at least one unannounced audit.
Group GAP Overview, continued:
4. instead of auditing every farm at the farmer’s expense, the USDA audits a portion of the farms in the group, serving as a representation of all the farms in the group. They also review the audits of the internal auditors.
5. USDA also audits the group’s QMS for evidence that the system is working. Once the farm audits and group audits are complete, the entire group receives Group GAP certification.