GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Standard v6
Food safety system: laboratories, equipment, policy declaration, food defense, food fraud, logo and status (FV-GFS 12 to 18) – GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Standard v6

GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Standard v6 FV-GFS 13.01: FV-GFS 13.01 Equipment, tools, and devices are fit for purpose and maintained.

Equipment, tools and devices that touch product are made of nontoxic materials and built for easy cleaning, disinfection and maintenance. All equipment, including items that never touch product such as scales, PPP and fertilizer applicators, thermometers and pH meters, is identified and maintained, checked on a routine basis, and calibrated where relevant at least once a year; calibration traces back to a recognised national or international standard or method. Maintenance, calibration and repairs are documented, and maintenance work must not put food safety, the environment or workers at risk. PPP sprayers have had their correct functioning verified in the past 12 months, with certification or documentation from an official scheme or from a person who can show competence, and irrigation and fertigation equipment has maintenance records at least annually.

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  • 4.6.2 4.6.2 Equipment designed on risk to prevent contamination, with food-contact suitability
  • 6.4.2 6.4.2 Measuring devices checked and adjusted at a risk-based frequency by a traceable method

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Other controls in Food safety system: laboratories, equipment, policy declaration, food defense, food fraud, logo and status (FV-GFS 12 to 18) – GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Standard v6

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