GMP+ Feed Safety Standards

GMP+ Feed Safety standards

GMP+ stands for Good Manufacturing Practices. First designed and issued as a standard in 1992, it has grown into a full certification system through the later addition of ISO quality-management and HACCP requirements.

GMP+ is built on the Deming cycle of plan, do, check, and act. Every action taken under the scheme must have written backing. The standard defines feed-safety conditions across production, storage, transport, personnel, and the feed-production site. At present more than 13,000 certified organisations in 70 countries hold a GMP+ certificate, making it the most widely adopted certification in the feed-safety space.

GMP+ FSA

In 2013, GMP+ published the Feed Safety Assurance (FSA) module and the Feed Responsibility Assurance (FRA) module. Together, the two modules allow firms in the feed-safety chain to run a well-structured organisation for quality and safe feed. Firms in this chain have seen their market share and quality level rise.

GMP+ Feed Safety standard scheme

The standard is built on four main document sets: A, B, C, and D.

A documents

• A1. GMP+ General Regulations
• A2. GMP+ Definitions
• A3. GMP+ Logo Requirements
• A4. GMP+ Dispute Procedure
• A5. GMP+ Licence Agreement

B. Standard documents

• BA. Annexes
• BCN. Country-specific requirements

C documents

Certification and surveillance

D. GMP+ related documents

Standard scopes

• GMP+ B1 and B2 are designed for feed-material trade and production.
• B1 also applies to transport.
• B2. Feed production
• B3. Trade and transport
• B4. Designed for road-haulage transport

Sistem Patent Kalite has delivered GMP+ certification for some of the largest feed organisations in Türkiye. Our sector-experienced staff offer consultancy and certification as a packaged service. For any question about GMP+ certification, contact our specialists.