Good Agricultural Practice in THAILAND Department of Agriculture

Outline  Food safety background  GAP implementation  Quality certification

Food Safety Background Cabinet resolution of 4 March 2003 Framework guidelines for inspection and certification Food Safety Year 2004 Public Relation Campaigns

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Office of the minister Office of the Permanent Secretary Agricultural Land Reform Office Cooperative Auditing Department Cooperative Promotion Department Department of Agriculture Department of Agricultural Extension Department of Fisheries

Department of Livestock Development Land Development Department National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Office of Agricultural Economics Rice Department The Queen Sirikit Department of Sericulture The Royal Irrigation Department Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Food Safety on Crops Strategies Inputs and raw materials inspection Production certification Manufacturing facilities certification Product certification

Strategy on production at farm level under GAP protocol  Develop GAP protocol and guidelines  Encourage farmers to register  Inspect and certify farms (28 crops)  Inspect and follow up on the use of inputs in certified farms  Set up training programs for inspectors, advisors, and private sector  Introduce GAP certified farms to exporters for contract farming system Food Safety on Crops Strategies

GAP Program To ensure that food crops produced in Thailand are safe, wholesome and meet standards and requirements of the country. Maintain consumer confidence in food quality and safety Safe practices for growers Minimize negative impacts on the environment

GAP Implementation GAP contains 8 principles of Checklist, Each principle has information to explain what is required to implement the practice Procedures of Q-GAP

1. Water source 3. Chemical/ Pesticide application 2. Growing area 4. Storage and transport 5. Product free from pest 6. Production process for quality produces 7. Harvest & post-harvest handling 8. Record keeping Procedures of Q-GAP

Chemical/ Pesticide application Requirement Operator shall know how to apply pesticides properly.

Chemical/ Pesticide application Requirement If a pesticide is applied, it shall follow the recommendations of the Department of Agriculture, or follow the directions on the officially registered labels authorized by the Department of Agriculture.

User or controller of pesticide application shall know: plant pests, how to select pesticides and their application rate, chemical sprayers and equipment, nozzles including correct spraying method. To protect clothes and worker’s body from pesticide contamination, the worker is required to wear proper clothes and pesticide protective accessories. To prevent hazard from pesticides, avoid applying a mixture of more than two kinds of pesticides, except it has been scientifically proved and recommended. Chemical/ Pesticide application

Apply pesticides in accordance with recommendation of Department of Agriculture or recommendation on the label legally registered with Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The application shall be in line with the found pests, and record the data with complete important essence. Chemical/ Pesticide application

Provide implementation of properly integrated pest management system in order to reduce pesticide use. (IPM) Chemical/ Pesticide application

Shall apply pesticides that have been legally registered with hazardous substance registered No. and recommendation on the label for the use on such crops. Do not use pesticides that are banned to produce, import, export, or have in possession according to Hazardous Substances Act, including those in the indicated prohibited pesticide list of the country trade partners or their provisions and stop applying pesticides before harvest in complying with the lap period as indicated on the label accompanying along each pesticide or comply with the official recommendation. Chemical/ Pesticide application

Pesticide which is not used up in one operation, the container shall be tightly closed, and have it stored in the place provided for pesticides. Chemical/ Pesticide application

Different kinds of pesticides shall be kept in entirely concealed and secure place, protect them from sunlight and rain with good ventilation. Chemical/ Pesticide application

The storage of pesticides including other chemicals such as fuel shall be in good partition in order to prevent contamination of pesticides to produce and environment. Pesticide once opened shall not be transferred out of its original container. Chemical/ Pesticide application

Storage of each kind of pesticide is required to show legible label, and they are separately stored in categories, separated from fertilizers, plant growth regulators, different supplementary chemicals, and toxic substance protection equipment. Chemical/ Pesticide application

Pesticide storage place shall be fully equipped with accidental prevention equipment such as eye lotion, clean water, sand and fire extinguisher and etc Chemical/ Pesticide application

Farmer/Juristic Person/producer group Receipt and review the Application form Election of the auditor team And planning for audit Preparation of evaluation GAP : Operation chart

Surveillance Reassessment Nonconformity remedial of the company (if any) Nonconformity follow-up audit (if any) Preparation of the audit report Notification of the audit result Appoint and process the meeting of the GAP plant production area committee to evaluation of the GAP plant standard certification Notification of the certificate result Certificate issue and name list of the certificated person Granting certificate to the certified person and publish the name list of the certificated person Procedure the audit at the farm Preparation and notification of the follow-up audit report(if any)

Status of the GAP implementation in Thailand in the year 2011 As of May 2011, 260,899 farms had registered for Q GAP certification and 190,022 farms had obtained Q GAP certification for fruits and vegetables.

Q - GAP Certificate

GAP farm

Quality Certification

Technical Barrier to Trade (TBT)

ISO/IEC Guide 65 : 1996 General requirements for bodies operating product certification system

Main Requirements  Organization management  Certification body personnel  Certification process  Condition for Certification

Impartiality Board of director Policy, control Follow - up Certification Committee Making decision of Granting, maintaining suspending etc. Day – day management Inspection Chief Executive Administrati on Auditor pool

One Test / One Assessment One Certificate World – Wide Acceptance / Recognition

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