Overview of the Japan GAP

Presented by: Yasuaki Takeda, Asia GAP Research Institute

Managing Director, May 2015

1 1 Salada leaf farm in Taiwan Tea leaf farm in Japan

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  In 2002, retailers and food service providers started their own GAP standard to manage their supplier and farmers for their store brand product.

  Local government also established local GAP standard. Those GAPs had different Control Point and Criteria, and most of them had no certification system.

  More than 100 different GAP standards in Japan

  In 2006, JGAP office was founded by retailers and supplier-farmers to harmonize GAP scheme in Japan. Most of main retailer in Japan joined JGAP, and JGAP became the common standard GAP scheme in Japanese farming scene.

History of GAP in Japan

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  In 2009, national government released GAP guideline for GAP scheme owners. JGAP was the 1st GAP scheme to meet this government guideline.

  In 2010, JGAP started B to C labeling guideline   In 2011, JGAP started new standard that prevents contamination of radioactivity material.

  In 2013, JGAP started benchmarking system for other GAP.

  In 2013, JGAP English version was released, and also started JGAP self-inspection and declaration scheme.

  In 2014, JGAP Chinese version started.   In 2015, JGAP office re-organized to Japan GAP Foundation

History of GAP in Japan

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Asia GAP Research Institute researched from 2006 to 2014

The cause of pesticide residue over safety standard in Japan

unregistered agricultural chemical usage

Drift from next field

improper usage

Unwashed sprayer

Soil residue of pesticide

Contamination after harvest

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Example of foreign material contaminated to F&V, rice and tea

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Statistics of work accident during farm operation

Death accident during farm operation About 400 death/year Since 1971

Death accident during construction work About 350 death/year 85% down compare to 1971 1971

2010

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  JGAP is the strict and excellent standard of farm management for food safety and sustainable agriculture.

  JGAP is the up-to-date quality management technology for food safety on farm level in Japan, and keeps communication with GLOBALGAP in EU.

  JGAP is focusing on safety from chemical residue, food poisoning caused by bacteria, contamination of foreign material and radioactive material.

  JGAP focus on not only food safety but also eco-friendly and work safety on farm.

  Most of major retailer in Japan supports JGAP, and use it for supplier management to keep food safety thorough farm to store.

What is JGAP?

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JGAP standard is for everyone

JGAP standard is open for everyone at JGAP website. Fruits and Vegetable Grain and rice Tea General Regulation for audit and certification Individual certification Group certification Japanese, English and Chinese

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  JGAP is the most famous GAP certification scheme in Japan.

  More than 130 control point for food safety and sustainability and work safety in farm.

  JGAP has a certification system. There are 4 certification bodies those are accredited by JGAP.

  JGAP is the trust mark of excellent Japanese farm.

Why JGAP?

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JGAP English version and Chinese version

JGAP Chinese

JGAP English

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In Japan, Buyer’s attitude

How many buyers consider GAP certification for their buying decision? (Japanese Ministry of Agriculture research to 542 retail, food-maker and food service provider on 2012)

How many? Why?

- 61.7% of buyer consider GAP certification for their buying decision. - Those of 96.9% buyer answer food safety and supplier reliability management as reason to consider GAP certification for their buying.

Statistics JGAP certified farms

- Product-liability insurance is provided to JGAP certified farms at no charge.

Every March

Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand

Japan / Korea Thailand / Taiwan

JGAP Certification Body 4 JGAP Auditor 11

JGAP inspector 21 JGAP junior inspector 81

JGAP certified farms 2,529

5 train-the-trainer company JGAP senior trainer 11

JGAP trainer 3099 JGAP junior trainer 3179

Japan GAP Foundation 323 member and 33 Technical

Committee from farmer, Retailer, food industry, chemical company etc.

Accredited by Japan GAP Foundation

Accredited by Japan GAP Foundation and JAB

Standard

Train the farmers

Audit / Certification At March 2015

Structure of JGAP scheme and training and certification

Individual certification and Group cettification

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Individual certification Inspect one farm to evaluate compliance to JGAP standard

Group certification Audit farmer group to evaluate compliance to JGAP standard, under quality management system of farmer group.

JGAP

JAなど団体事務局

Quality Management System of group

Leader of farmer group

農家ごとにバラバラの 品質管理では、 良い産地とは言えない。

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Structure of farm management required by JGAP

Step 1 : Governance in farm / clarification of responsibility, the division of the roles / the directions and orders

Step 3 : Rule making (by employer and employee together) and clarify the process and procedure

Step 4 : keep everyone informed about rule and procedure, and educate employee to follow them

Step 2 : Risk analysis and Assess production environment Site / water / soil / facility / machinery and so on

Step 5 : Record recording, checking, and assessment of farming processes and employee following rules

JGAP self-inspection and declaration of implementation

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This process is for producers aiming at JGAP certification. Producer can get JGAP Certification directly, and also via JGAP self-inspection and declaration process. More than 5,000 JGAP trainers help producer to self-inspect and declaration of implementation.

JGAP self-inspection and declaration of implementation

Producer aiming at JGAP certification

JGAP third-party audit and certification

JGAP Implementation Case study : Kiwi fruit

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One brand, from several countries, from several areas, from several farmers cooperative, from more than 1,000 farmers. How do you manage the product quality and food safety on this situation?

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JGAP Implementation Case study : Tea beverage

Global beverage company has own supplier code of practice. This include food safety, sustainability, worker safety and human rights and ethics. Global head quarter gave local branch the strict order to follow their code for all ingredient within 2 years. How do you achieve and overcome this order?

Own standard For procurement

JGAP standard JGAP certification

Differences Between

Own standard and JGAP ＝ +

JGAP application case

  Compare own standard to JGAP, and develop document about differences to apply additionally.   There are JGAP trainer in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Thai. There are JGAP standard document in Japanese, English and Chinese. It is easy for farm to implement JGAP. And then, farm implement only differences additionally.   Combination of JGAP third party certification and second party certification for own standard using document about differences.

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  Food safety

  Sustainability

  Worker safety

  Human rights and Ethics (JGAP does not cover this aspect)

  Animal welfare(JGAP does not cover this aspect)

  At the end, getting trust from buyer-side, through some auditing activities.

Purpose of implementation of GAP

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Questionnaire survey to farms certified by JGAP

What kind of benefit do you have from JGAP implementation except food safety, sustainability and worker safety? Result / answer in left. You can find secondary and unexpected benefit From JGAP certified. 2012 Survey conducted by National Agriculture and Food Research Organization 164 JGAP certified farms (individual certification / Response rate: 54.2%)

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What is the critical point to improve farm productivity?

Farming depending on experiences and memories --> Structure of farm management required JGAP --> Improve farm productivity -->What is the critical point to improve farm productivity through GAP implementaion?. Answer !! Employees‘ participation in process of GAP implementation! 2012 Survey conducted by National Agriculture and Food Research Organization 164 JGAP certified farms (individual certification / Response rate: 54.2%)

技術委員会　本委員会

技術委員長　1名 部会長　4名

課題ごとの専門審議会

生産性向上と管理技術の向上　専門審議会 施肥　専門審議会 残留農薬　専門審議会

病原性細菌管理　専門審議会 環境保全と持続的農業　専門審議会 労働安全・農機　専門審議会 海外活用　専門審議会

JGAP2015　direction to develop   Proper and economical farm management   GAP to improve farm management and farm productivity   Adapt to Japan, East Asia and South-East Asia field   GAP to adapt highly automated factorized farm and ingredient of herbal

remedy   GAP to be recognized by GFSI

品目部会 –  青果物部会（部会長1名）

•  土耕青果物・薬用作物　小部会 •  水耕青果物（植物工場）　小部会 •  きのこ 小部会

–  穀物部会（部会長1名） •  コメ　小部会 •  麦・大豆・その他穀物　小部会

–  茶部会（部会長1名）

審査認証部会（部会長1名） 団体認証制度も管掌

JGAP2015 is coming soon!

Technical Commitee SubCommitee for Fruit for Vegetable for Mashroom for Rice for Grain for Tea for certificate system etc

Special Committee for productivity for pesticide for disease germs for worker safety etc

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 Buyers involvement and commitment   Developing GAP standard with buyer-side   Buyer-side commitment to use GAP certification for their procurement

 Good standard   Farmer should feel better management of farm after GAP implementation. Food safety, worker safety and so on

 Good number of good GAP trainer

Key factor of GAP spreading among farmers

JGAP labeling for B to C

JGAP mark that farm and farmers group Use. Certified farm and farmers group use on the product such as vegetable, fruit, brown rice, polished rice and raw green tea.

JGAP mark that food maker use. Food maker use on the grocery such as polished rice, frozen vegetable, fruit juice and tea beverage, those should be made by raw material from certified farm and farmers group.

Factory must have ISO22000 or FSSC22000 certification

Raw Material

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  When is the best timing to audit the farm? It depends on the farm   Well Manage, Less Audit!

  CB can skip “surveillance" under below condition.   Farm fully comply with the level of certificate without need of remedy at the day of

the inspection. And CB can confirm that the farm will be managed very well without surveillance.

Audit timing and certification validity

Certificate issued on 15 Aug 2014 (for example)

Certificate renewed on 15 Aug 2016 2 Year Validity

First inspection

Once Surveillance during 1 certification validity. CB can decide the timing of surveillance to farm.

Second Inspection

JGAP

JGAP Benchmarked Equivalent Standards

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+J means difference between JGAP and T-GAP. T-GAP farm try +J part additionally, and apply to JGAP certification body. And then the farm can get JGAP certificate.

Confirmed JGAP Benchmarked Equivalency by defind process includes peer review.

JGAP Certification Body

JGAP Certification

T-GAP+J Audit Issue

TGAP+J

Example: T-GAP, this is localGAP used in Sizuoka Japan

Very easy. No duplication.

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JGAP and GLOBALG.A.P.

This guideline helps JGAP certified producer to get GLOBALG.A.P. certification, as needed. You can find it at GLOBALG.A.P. website.

JGAP certification is the gateway for all requirement from buyer-side!

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Farm and farmers group

GLOBALGAP certified farm

JGAP certified farm

Public requirement For example USA/FDA, Food Safety Modernization Act

Guideline for JGAP Certified Producers

aiming at GLOBALG.A.P. Certification

Majority of buyer in Japan and other

country

Buyer who has unusual requirement

Support document

Buyer who require GLOBALGAP cert.

Buyer in USA

Support document

JGAP Tokyo Taiwan Hong Kong

office

GFSI recognized in future

JGAP Japanese version English version Chinese version

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JGAP office

JGAP expand to East Asia!

JGAP office Taichung (Taiwan)

JGAP office Tokyo

JGAP office Hong Kong

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Latest study of radioactive from Fukushima

Codex / ASEAN

1,000

1,000

1,000

-

(Bq/kg)

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Latest study of radioactive from Fukushima

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Latest study of radioactive from Fukushima

Hong Kong Causeway Bay detected by Takeda 2011

Fukushima Soma 40km from Fukushima nuclear power stations detected by Takeda 2014

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Corporate profile

Corporate name Asia GAP Research Institute (AGRI)

Organizational Status incorporated nonprofit organization

Date Established Nov. 2006, changed corporate name in 2015

Office Nihon Nogyo Kenkyujo Bldg. 4F 3-29 Kioi-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tel: +81 – 3 – 6380 - 9050

Website: http://asiagap.jp / E-mail: info@asiagap.jp

Activities 1. Help farmer to implement GAP, and train the GAP trainer in Asia

2. Think tank of GAP in Asia

Membership 330 member of Farmer, food retailer and all stakeholders of agriculture and food industry

Partnership Japan GAP foundation / GLOBALGAP

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Think consumer 　 Think sustainability 　　 Think staff in farm

Terima Kasih!