GlobalG.A.P.
The international benchmark for Good Agricultural Practices. Covers farm-level food safety, environmental management, worker welfare, and traceability. Required by virtually all European retail chains.
Applies to: all 19 commodity lines
GRASP
GlobalG.A.P. Risk Assessment on Social Practice. Evaluates worker rights, health and safety, and employment conditions on the farm. Increasingly required by UK and German retailers alongside GlobalG.A.P.
Applies to: all farms
BRCGS Food Safety
Packhouse-level food safety standard (BRC Global Standard for Food Safety, Issue 9). Covers HACCP, premises, product, process, and personnel. Standard for UK and Irish retail programmes.
Applies to: packhouses
ISO 22000
International food safety management system. Layers on top of HACCP with a full management-system framework. Widely recognised across all export markets.
Applies to: packhouses
EurepGAP
Legacy European retail standard, predecessor to GlobalG.A.P. Held for legacy buyer relationships requiring continuity of certificate chain.
Applies to: selected farms
EU Class 1 quality standard
European Union produce quality standard defining calibration, defect tolerance, shape, and colour per commodity. AFRICAFRESH EXPORT ships Class 1 by default; Extra Class available on request for premium programmes.
Applies to: all EU-bound consignments
Halal certification
For processed lines (juices, dried dates, frozen products) intended for GCC, Central Asian, Southeast Asian, and European Muslim-consumer retail channels. Issued by an accredited Egyptian halal-certification body.
Applies to: processed product lines
Organic certification
EU Organic, USDA Organic, and Bio Suisse certifications available for selected lines. Farm-level conversion typically 2–3 years; AFRICAFRESH EXPORT sources certified organic lines directly from converted growers.
Applies to: selected lines
Phytosanitary certification
Every consignment carries a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) within 72 hours of inspection. Required by every importing country.
Applies to: every shipment
Retailer-specific integrated-farm standards
Major UK and European retailers operate their own integrated-farm-standard programmes (farm-to-fork, own-brand supply codes, ethical-trade schemes). AFRICAFRESH EXPORT partner farms maintain compliance with these retailer-specific programmes where required by the end buyer.
Applies to: retailer programme farms
What ships with every consignment
Physical and electronic documentation travels with every AFRICAFRESH EXPORT export. Electronic copies are shared with the buyer 48 hours before shipment departure; physical originals ship with the cargo and are couriered to the buyer if the cargo has already sailed.
- Phytosanitary Certificate (Egyptian MALR)
- Certificate of Origin (Egyptian Chamber of Commerce)
- Commercial Invoice (HS-coded)
- Packing List (carton-level detail)
- Bill of Lading or Airway Bill
- Health Certificate (processed lines)
- GlobalG.A.P. certificate copy (farm-level)
- BRCGS Food Safety audit certificate (packhouse)
- Halal / Organic certificate (where applicable)
- EU MRL analysis report (EU-bound shipments)
- Reefer temperature log post-voyage
Testing and traceability
Every SKU-lot is traceable from farm block to destination carton. Pre-shipment, AFRICAFRESH EXPORT runs EU MRL pesticide residue testing at accredited Cairo laboratories on every EU-bound consignment. Microbiological testing for leaf-crop and processed lines is performed at packhouse-accredited labs.
Traceability codes are printed on every carton and map back to farm, harvest date, packing date, quality inspector, and reefer container ID. This enables end-to-end recall readiness in under 2 hours across the network.