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Turkey production integrated in GLOBALGAP standard
Turkey meat is gaining market share worldwide, and
consumers expect food retailers to comply with defined standards in order to
supply them with safe, sustainably produced and healthy turkey
products.
This is why there was a desire among both producers and retailers for a
special turkey module in the GLOBALGAP standard. The declared aim was to enable
the production of turkey meat from GLOBALGAP-certified production.
In 2008 the activities of the responsible standard managers and the sector
committee for agricultural livestock at GLOBALGAP therefore focused on
developing the turkey module.
The experience and the committed involvement of turkey production
specialists helped to define the control points and the compliance criteria.
Compliance with national and international laws was of fundamental importance
here.
Most important issues
Housed and free-range stock, sheds and shed facilities, supply of feed and
water, bird health and hygiene measures, residue monitoring, veterinary care and
monitoring of turkeys, loading and transport of birds for slaughter and
compliance with social standards for employees and their qualifications are the
most important items included. In the audits these are queried via control
points with the respective compliance criteria.
The control points are divided into "major musts" (must be met without
exception), "minor musts" (must be compliance with 90%) and "recommendations"
(compliance is recommended and desirable).
Several test audits with the new turkey module have already been
successfully carried out in Europe and South America.
Following completion of the public consultation, the turkey module will
reach interim final status in November 2008. It will be available as a new
GLOBALGAP product for certifying the production of turkeys at the end of 2008.
The offer to all existing certification systems for turkeys to agree with
GLOBALGAP on a recognition process (benchmarking) will then also be in
place.
Editor WorldPoultry
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