Currently, the following Certification Bodies are licensed to provide CanadaGAP audit and certification services:
Third-party Certification Bodies are licensed by the CHC to provide audit and certification services for the CanadaGAP program.
Certification Bodies are:
- Trained professionals responsible for assessing producer/storage intermediary/packer conformance to the program’s technical requirements
- Impartial and objective [third party from the standards owner (CHC) and the customer]
- Internationally accredited by a member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and subject to oversight by the accreditation body relative to the CB’s conformity assessment and certification activities
Certification Bodies are responsible for:
- Auditor recruitment and training
- Audit scheduling and assignment to auditors
- Delivery of audits
- Supervision of auditors, performance monitoring and calibration
- Review of audit results and Corrective Action Requests
- Certification decisions
- Handling audit billings
- Maintaining auditor and enrolee databases
- Publishing and maintaining an on-line registry of certified operators.
Certification Bodies interested in becoming licensed to deliver CanadaGAP services should contact offs@hortcouncil.ca or call (613) 226-4880 Ext. 214 for more information about the requirements. A copy of the application form is available here.