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Farming and Livestock

Demonstration of food safety, sustainability and other requirements in the food chain starts with farming and livestock in order to guarantee that the entire supply chain can meet the applicable requirements. Our global experience means we understand what you need to meet the demands of today's food industry. Kiwa can help you with our testing, inspection and certification services to create trust in products, services, processes and systems.

Tailor-made solutions

Our services in the field of farming and livestock are extensive. We can help you for example to get insight in how you can improve the agricultural ecosystem biodiversity, in the condition of the soil fertility and show you more about the status of your plant protection. But we do have many more other services in our portfolio. Based on your request, our experts will get to work for you and see which services suit you. Together we ensure that your products are tested according to the right standards and norms, so that you ultimately gain access to the markets you aim for.

Heubach test

The Heubach test evaluates treated seeds for dust release, ensuring compliance with ESTA standards and optimal seed quality.

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CanadaGAP Certification for Fresh Produce

CanadaGAP certification verifies food safety practices for Canadian fresh produce operations, ensuring compliance with national and international standards.

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PQS - Pork Quality System scheme Certification

PQS certification ensures high-quality pork production, full traceability, and compliance with animal welfare and food safety standards.

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QMP - Quality Meat scheme Certification

QMP certification ensures premium beef quality, full traceability, and compliance with animal welfare and environmental standards.

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Quality Tradition Certification – Distinguishing Traditional Food Products

Quality Tradition certification confirms the exceptional quality and traditional character of food products, helping them stand out in the national market.

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Organic Farming Certification – Ensuring Sustainable Agriculture

Organic farming certification verifies that agricultural products are produced sustainably, without synthetic chemicals or GMOs, in line with EU regulations.

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QAFP - Quality Assurance for Food Products

QAFP certification ensures high standards in meat production, focusing on animal welfare, hygiene, and traceability for safe, quality food products.

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Albert Heijn

The Albert Heijn protocol lays down the contracting requirements to guarantee full application of the legislation in UE-MRL and ARfD-NL for fresh produce. Since fresh produce comes from production zones anywhere in the world, Albert Heijn has established ...

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Animal Attraction Assurance Scheme

Kiwa Agri Food | Animal Attraction Assurance

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BETA NOPS Scheme

Kiwa Agri Food | Providing certification for Animal Feed schemes including BETA NOPS.

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Better Life quality label / Beter Leven keurmerk

The Beter Leven keurmerk (Better Life quality label) of the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (SPA) demonstrates that you care about animal welfare. Kiwa VERIN certifies livestock farmers, processing companies and the retail sector.

Better Life Quality Mark Stickers

Bio Suisse organic association inspection

The EU organic regulation does not apply in Switzerland. The privately organised Bio Suisse organic standard is aimed at farmers, processors and traders who want to sell organic products with a Bio Suisse label in Switzerland. Anyone wishing to supply org...

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Bird Friendly Coffee Standard

Bird Friendly is a standard established by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC). The SMBC is part of the National Zoo, which is located in Washington D.C. (USA). The Bird Friendly Standard is one of the most stringent of the third-party certified ...

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CHN Organic Certification (GB/T 19630)

With the CHN certification the product can be labeled as "organic" and sold in Chinese market. All entities/ operators who are engaged in organic production or processing and sales activities in the Chinese market must be certified according to the GB/T 1...

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Demeter organic association inspection

Demeter stands for products of the biodynamic farming method. This oldest ecological form of land cultivation goes back to the impulses of Rudolf Steiner, who also initiated Waldorf education and anthroposophical healing at the beginning of the 20th centu...

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ESTA Certification

ESTA certification confirms the quality and safety of the seed treatment process, minimizing dust emissions and meeting industry requirements for seed producers.

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EU organic certification according to Reg. (EU) 2018/848

Food from controlled organic farming demonstrably promotes biodiversity and species conservation and contributes to active climate protection. What's more, the organic market is still booming! You don't want to miss this opportunity to label your products...

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GlobalG.A.P. certification

GLOBALG.A.P. certification with Kiwa: reduce your food safety risks, increase your transparency and support sustainable agriculture to meet customer demands.

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GRASP

GRASP is the acronym for “GLOBALGAP Risk Assessment on Social Practices”. The GRASP module is a tool helping producers to vouch for their compliance with international and national employment legislation. GRASP Assessments are not complete corpora...

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IKB Kip

Transparency regarding the production, quality and origin of our food is becoming increasingly important. This also applies to poultry meat. Under the IKB Kip scheme all the links in the production chain are connected, from breeding location to sl...

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Kiwa's Food, Feed and Agriculture Offices

Kiwa is active in various countries in the field of Food, Feed and Agriculture. Do you want to know what a specific Kiwa country can offer you? Get in touch with our local experts!

We often get the question – What is the best GFSI-standard for our site? To answer that question we have provided an overview of the similarities and differences between various GFSI-standards for a better understanding. We provide you with a comparison of the main global GFSI food processing standard: BRCGS, IFS, FSSC 22000, SQF and Global Red Meat Standard (GRMS)

Kiwa Portugal has been a pioneer in organic farming in the country for nearly 30 years since 1993, specializing in Food, Feed, and Farm standards. Luís Hortêncio, newly appointed Head of Operations at Kiwa Portugal, talks us through Portuguese agriculture, promoting sustainable farming practices and technologies, as well as concerted efforts towards sustainable action.