Certification Introduction

China Good Agricultural Practice (ChinaGAP) certification, drawing on international standards while considering China’s agricultural reality, is a highly practical agricultural production standard. The principles of ChinaGAP aim to further enhance China’s capabilities for agricultural product safety control, prevention and control of animal and plant diseases, ecological and environmental protection, animal welfare, and occupational health. It is also committed to optimizing agricultural production organizations, improving the management level of agricultural production enterprises, implementing sustainable development strategy and standardize the certification for good agricultural practices.

Certification Standard

1. Implementation Rules for Good Agricultural Practice Certification (CNCA – N – 004: 2014)

2. GB/T 20014 National Standards for Good Agricultural Practice
   

Certification Benefits

1. Help improve the quality and safety of primary agricultural products, promote sustainable agricultural development and environmental protection, ensure occupational health and safety of employees, achieve energy conservation and sustainable development, enhance food safety, environmental protection, and public health, and facilitate breakthroughs in technical barriers to and exports of agricultural products;

2. Help improve the management level of farms, increase market competitiveness and build brand images;

3. The ChinaGAP certification certificate is acknowledged by regulators, retailers and consumers;

4. As an authorized certification body by GLOBALG.A.P., CQC can issue two certificates through one assessment, lowering trade barriers for enterprises entering the global market;

5. Improve the management level of production bases;

6. Increase competitiveness of exported products and boost the sustainable agricultural development.

Advantages of CQC

The China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) is a professional third-party certification body that is approved by the Chinese government and recognized by multiple foreign governments and international authoritative organizations. As the longest-standing, largest and most authoritative certification body in China, CQC boasts extensive experience and achievements in certification. In terms of GAP certification, CQC is the sole certification body that can issue the GLOBALG.A.P. certificate based on respective standards of ChinaGAP and GLOBALG.A.P. CQC. Among numerous certification bodies, it leads the way in GAP certification with its international development strategy and overseas branches.

Certification Scope

Certification Process