The PrimusGFS Food Safety Management System is a required module that aims to connect all operations within your organization. This module displays your focused efforts in supplier control, document control, traceability, food safety management commitments, etc.

Applicable to all operations

Previously known as “Ranch”, this module recognizes the good agricultural practices (GAPs) on your farm. This includes employee practices, efforts to reduce adjacent land risks, water quality, agricultural inputs, etc.

Applicable for farm operations

Previously known as greenhouse, this module was designed and updated to recognize different growing practices used globally (i.e. plastic greenhouses, glass facilities, vertical growing, hydroponics, etc.).

Applicable for indoor agriculture operations

Due to unique global practices and to different stakeholder requirements and/or regulations regarding the harvesting of produce, this module is designed to cover safe harvesting and handling practices for harvest crews.

Applicable for harvest crew operations

This module is designed to recognize the specific good manufacturing practices (GMPs) for either packinghouse, processor, cooling/cold storage, and storage & distribution facilities. This module complies with current global food safety practices and helps your company understand the requirements to be in compliance with international laws and regulations.

Applicable for all facility operations

This module is required for all facility operations. Some sections of Module 6 may not be applicable. Applicability should be determined based on the outcome of the documented hazard analysis of all steps for each process. This HACCP Module is based on the seven Codex Alimentarius HACCP principles and the 12 HACCP implementation steps. In all cases, the HACCP process and system must be in conformance with all existing legal requirements.

Applicable for all facility operations

Preventive Controls is an optional module designed to recognize your efforts to meet the rule established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) for Preventive Controls for Human Food and is included to serve as a guide for compliance with the rule.

Optional to all facility operations

Assessment of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) applicable and specifically designed for operations dedicated to the production of grains and pulses and the evaluation of their growing, handling, and storage practices. Taking into account security and food safety aspects such as current and previous land use, water use, agronomic inputs, pesticide application, management practices, harvesting, storage, etc.

Applicable for farm operations

IPM Practices is designed to verify the implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and communicate efforts to any interested customers. The questions in Module 9 are independent from the food safety criteria within PrimusGFS and does not influence the overall audit score; instead, it serves to enhance the comprehensiveness of the audit.

Optional to farm and indoor agriculture operations