Parallel Production and Parallel Ownership
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Registration for Parallel Production / Ownership

Registration Steps

Step 1b: Specification of Product Handling Units (PHUs)

Producers operating under Parallel Production that carry out product handling activitiesshall specify at least two Product Handling Units: one for all products that originate from a GLOBALG.A.P. certified production process and another one for all non-certified products.

Product Handling

Product Handling refers to the following post-harvest activities: sorting, packing, storage, chemical treatments, trimming, washing or any other handling activity where the product may have physical contact with other materials or substances.

Produce handling does not cover processing of produce.

Production Handling Unit (PHU)
A PHU is an organizational system that makes it possible to differentiate between product handling processes.

Rules for PHU Specification (click to expand / reduce)

Example (click to expand / reduce)