Trade Associations
Proud Members of the Following Associations:
Produce Marketing Association is a trade organization representing companies from every segment of the global fresh produce and floral supply chain. PMA helps members grow by providing connections that expand business opportunities and increase sales and consumption.
Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is a not-for-profit organization that represents companies that are active in the marketing of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables in Canada from the farm gate to the dinner plate.
CPMA’s vision is to enable and lead the produce industry by enhancing the market and facilitating trade of fresh fruits and vegetables for its members.
The Southeast Produce Council is your premier resource for professional networking, education, and charitable giving built on trust, integrity and passion.
Certifications
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) are guidelines established that ensure that field operations account for potential food safety issues. The PrimusLabs GAP program addresses the food safety topics of site selection, adjacent land use, fertilizer usage, water sourcing and usage, pest control and pesticide monitoring, harvesting practices (including worker hygiene, packaging storage, field sanitation and product transportation) and food defense. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) are developed and incorporated into the GAP program, providing guidance with respect to potential points for contamination and preventative or corrective measures to mitigate their effects.PrimusLabs is a global leader in food safety and has been servicing the fresh produce industry for more than two decades. In today’s marketplace, food safety verification and confidence are critical.
GLOBALG.A.P. offers you one core product: GLOBALG.A.P. Certification , available for 3 scopes of production: Crops, Livestock, Aquaculture and consisting of a total of 16 standards.
Organic certification verifies that your farm or handling facility located anywhere in the world complies with the USDA organic regulations and allows you to sell, label, and represent your products as organic. These regulations describe the specific standards required for you to use the word “organic” or the USDA organic seal on food, feed, or fiber products. The USDA National Organic Program administers these regulations, with substantial input from its citizen advisory board and the public.
At CCOF, it’s our priority to work closely with you through each stage of the certification process, from putting together your first Organic System Plan to staying compliant and adding products or acreage later on down the road.
El distintivo Empresa Agrícola Libre de Trabajo Infantil tiene como misión promover en las empresas agrícolas mexicanas la adopción de buenas prácticas laborales, que eviten de manera sistemática y permanente la utilización de mano de obra infantil en las áreas y procesos internos, tanto productivos como de distribución, comercialización y de servicios.
HACCP International’s certification scheme is designed to meet that precise need and it is their certification mark that is carried by leading manufactures of such products all over the world.
Products that demonstrate food safety excellence in design, materials and manufacture may carry the HACCP International certification mark, confirming their ‘fitness for purpose’ in food processes governed by HACCP programmes and it’s no coincidence that only the very best products do.
