GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Certification & Compliance Consulting Services

Map the Current System: We review sites, crops, flows and documentation to build a single picture of how your farm or group currently operates against IFA scope.

Score Gaps and Risks: We benchmark practices against relevant clauses, rate non-conformities by severity and highlight where food safety, worker or environmental risks are highest.

Build the Roadmap: We convert findings into a phased action plan with owners, deadlines and resource implications so teams know what to fix first and what follows next.

Align and Track: We validate the roadmap with leadership, adjust for seasons and budgets, and define simple progress checks to keep certification work on track to audit day.

Understand the Scheme: We analyse your group structure, crops and markets to define a QMS model that matches real governance and member diversity.

Define Processes and Controls: We document core processes, internal inspection flows and decision rules so risk-based control of members is clear and repeatable.

Standardise Tools and Records: We develop aligned checklists, forms and registers that make inspector work consistent and audit evidence easy to verify.

Train and Pilot: We train coordinators and inspectors, pilot the QMS on selected members and refine details before full rollout and certification audits.

Observe Real Operations: We map key processes in fields and packhouses to understand how work is currently done and where compliance already fits or fails, using farm process mapping and packhouse workflow assessment.

Design Practical SOPs: We draft concise SOPs, checklists and work instructions that express IFA requirements in clear, operator-friendly steps, supported by GLOBALG.A.P. SOPs and operator work instructions.

Align Roles and Records: We assign responsibilities, create matching forms and ensure each critical control has a simple way to record evidence in real time, backed by traceability documentation and recordkeeping forms.

Pilot and Fine-Tune: We pilot new SOPs with supervisors and operators, adjust details and lock in the final version ready for training and audits, focused on audit readiness and SOP implementation rollout.

Simulate the Audit: We run a full-scope mock audit on site as a GLOBALG.A.P. pre-audit, delivering an audit readiness assessment across relevant production units.

Document Findings Clearly: We record non-conformities, observations and good practices with CPCC clause reference, plus clear non-conformity evidence and photos when useful.

Design Corrective Actions: We propose a CAPA plan grounded in root cause analysis, with realistic timelines, owners and verification steps for closure, including corrective action plan tracking.

Coach the Team: We provide audit interview coaching and refine evidence presentation so teams respond clearly to external auditors under pressure, improving audit day performance.

Map Data Flows: We analyse how information moves from field, store and packhouse to central records and where gaps or duplications occur, improving farm recordkeeping and packhouse documentation.

Align with Standards: We match mandatory IFA records and traceability points with system fields and forms to ensure full coverage without overload, strengthening GLOBALG.A.P. compliance and audit readiness.

Optimise Tools and Templates: We advise on configuring existing farm management or ERP tools, or design lean digital templates that fit daily routines and device use, supporting digital recordkeeping and traceability system design.

Test Traceability: We run mock traceability exercises, adjust weak points and document simple instructions for staff to retrieve data quickly when needed, enabling trace-back trace-forward and stronger food safety due diligence.

Focus on Critical Points: We identify the control points where supervisors have the most impact and structure training around these real decisions and tasks, improving audit preparation and on-farm compliance.

Translate into Leader Actions: We show how to turn standard clauses into daily checks, briefings and simple instructions that teams can follow under pressure, supporting food safety management and traceability records.

Practice Real Scenarios: We work through typical field and line situations, including what to say, what to look at and how to handle resistance or confusion, strengthening worker training and packhouse hygiene.

Embed Simple Tools: We provide short checklists and reminder aids that supervisors can use to keep compliance visible during the season, improving internal inspections and corrective actions.

Clarify the Role: We define what good internal auditing looks like in your context, including independence, depth and reporting expectations, improving audit readiness and audit scope definition.

Train on Standard and Tools: We walk auditors through key clauses and GLOBALG.A.P. IFA control points and compliance criteria, using internal audit checklists and sampling methods with real examples from your farms or group.

Shadow and Coach: We accompany internal audits, observe practice, provide feedback on technique and help sharpen questioning and evidence collection.

Improve Reporting and Follow-Up: We refine report formats and follow-up routines so findings lead to effective corrective actions and visible learning.

Compare Standards Systematically: We map requirements across IFA and other schemes, highlighting overlaps, conflicts and unique elements for your operations, improving GLOBALG.A.P. certification and compliance gap analysis.

Design a Core Framework: We define common policies, procedures and records that satisfy multiple standards at once and set add-ons where needed, strengthening integrated management system and audit readiness.

Align Documentation and Audits: We streamline manuals, forms and audit preparation so evidence can be reused efficiently between schemes and visits, supporting document control and certification audit preparation.

Support Rollout and Review: We guide implementation, train key staff and set up periodic reviews to keep the multi-standard system tuned as requirements change, improving implementation support and continuous compliance monitoring.

Collect Buyer Expectations: We review key customer specifications, codes of practice and audit feedback to define buyer requirements and retailer specifications, supporting GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

Map to IFA: We cross-reference buyer expectations with IFA clauses to confirm coverage and identify gaps using compliance mapping and a certification gap analysis aligned with GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

Adjust Systems and Evidence: We recommend targeted updates to procedures, monitoring and records to strengthen audit evidence and compliance documentation for GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

Support Communication: We help technical and commercial teams present your compliance story with buyer assurance and market access support, reinforcing GLOBALG.A.P. certification confidence.

Assess Hazards and Uses: We review water sources, soil history and input use by crop and site to pinpoint contamination and misapplication risks, strengthening risk assessment and food safety risk management.

Define Monitoring Plans: We design sampling, analysis and inspection routines that match IFA requirements and prioritise higher-risk areas, supporting water testing plan and soil sampling programme.

Set Control Measures: We specify practical controls for sourcing, treatment, storage and application with clear responsibilities and records, improving fertiliser management and pesticide application control.

Review and Update: We establish simple review routines so risk management plans stay current as water quality, inputs or regulations change, reinforcing continuous compliance and audit readiness.

Review Current Practices: We assess contracts, pay, housing, transport and safety arrangements against GLOBALG.A.P. IFA requirements, worker welfare compliance evidence, and buyer social compliance expectations.

Identify Gaps and Priorities: We highlight where labour documentation, health and safety management, and grievance mechanisms fall short and which issues carry the highest audit risk.

Design Practical Improvements: We propose practical SOP updates, corrective action planning, and recordkeeping templates that fit your operational reality and support audit-ready evidence.

Support Implementation and Review: We support staff training, internal checks, and continuous improvement tracking so welfare controls stay in place and are verifiable during inspections.

Agree Support Scope: We define key topics, sites and response times for GLOBALG.A.P. IFA, a remote advisory retainer, and your buyer requirements so your team knows exactly what remote help is available and how to use it.

Schedule Check-Ins: We plan regular calls and reviews to keep audit readiness on track, strengthen document control, and maintain effective internal audits around your production and audit calendar.

Respond to Queries: We provide timely, practical answers for your certification body, clarify audit findings, and guide CAPA actions for standards updates, buyer requests and system changes as they arise.

Review and Improve: We summarise recurring issues and recommend targeted continuous improvement through SOP updates and ongoing risk assessment so each year’s compliance work becomes easier and more efficient.