Standards & Feed Support Products
‘ New scheme is a huge step forward for feed safety’ Standards & Feed Support Products is responsible for the standards and supporting services of the GMP+ Feed Certification scheme. Standards are regularly updated on the basis of new insights about feed safety management, both from our community as well as from feed industry experts. The department is also in charge of developing and updating the Feed Support Products, which offer support to certified companies and auditors. With the launch of the new GMP+ FC scheme, 2021 must have been a busy year for your department? ‘ It was a busy year indeed, but an exciting year as well. The redesigned scheme Els represents a huge step forward for GMP+ International, our worldwide community, and feed safety at large. Since we have a transition period in place, the 2010 scheme and the 2020 scheme now co-exist. This means that our team is constantly working to process changes and improvements in both schemes. As for the 2020 scheme, there were still some open ends that had to be solved.’ Dik
‘ For instance, it is now possible to exclude a part of the production from GMP+ FSA certification. Before, it was only possible to certify the whole production. The new situation is much more efficient for production plants, and makes it easier to join the scheme. This is especially true for companies that only have one or a few customers within the GMP+ chain.’
Were there other ‘open ends’ that needed to be solved? ‘ Yes, there were several others. One of them was the issue of carry-over and Dik homogeneity. The new scheme is more goal-oriented, yet there were some topics that were so technical that we needed some more time with, and this was one of them. Standards for carry-over are in place to prevent unwanted substances and residues of feed additives and veterinary medicinal products ending up in feed. Instead of having
A new beginning Annual report 2021
