- Application Procedures
The producer who wants to certify his products according to İTU and / or GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) is ITU Application Formshould forward their information to TURCERT. Once the information is received by the Product Certification Department, a proposal will be prepared for the applicant and submitted to the applicant for approval.
After the producer approves the offer, if the product / production area that he wants to be certified, if the product is processed after harvesting, we will send all necessary information about the product processing areas and trade marks and countries where the product is traded and the documents related to the system for evaluation.
ITU and GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) certification can be carried out in parallel. For this reason, the manufacturer may apply to both of these types of certification or apply only to one.
For GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) certification, as a condition of GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap), the sub-license agreement must be mutually signed between the manufacturer and the certification body. The producer is then given a GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) Registration Number. This registration number is entered into the GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) database together with the manufacturer's information in order to ensure the traceability of the manufacturer's product.
After all the information and documents are received from the applicant in full, the CTR Certification Department examines and prepares an inspection plan considering the harvest times of the products to be certified.
2. Audit Process
Inspections are carried out by inspecting all control points in accordance with GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) Control Points and Compliance Criteria and determining the manufacturer's compliance level. The producer that has reached a sufficient level of conformity is entitled to receive an ITU / GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) certificate if the residue exceeding the maximum plant protection product residue limits valid in the countries where the product will be marketed in the analysis results.
Producers who are found not to be at a sufficient level of eligibility are given a period of time not exceeding four weeks to remedy their non-conformity. In order for certification to be made, the manufacturer must prove that he has rectified nonconformities by the end of this period.
3. Issue of Document
If there is no obstacle to the issuance of the certificate as a result of the evaluation of the audit results by the Certification Department and the Certification Committee separately, an ITU / GLOBALGAP (Eurepgap) certificate is issued for the relevant products, valid for 1 year from the date of certification. In order for the documents to remain valid, the manufacturer must be audited annually.
