Guidelines

These guidelines can assist growers to meet the requirements of New Zealand GAP 

The guidance documents have been developed by a number of organisations and cover a range of topics relevant to NZGAP:

• Food Safety
• Health and Safety
• Environment

Further information is also available in the NZGAP scheme rules and growers may contact an NZGAP advisers for help in preparation for an audit:

• NZGAP Scheme Rules
• NZGAP Information Sharing Policy
• NZGAP Licence Agreement
• NZGAP advisers

Food Safety Guidelines

Title	Document Download	Tools/Templates	Description	Source
Guidelines for Fresh Produce Food Safety			These guidelines are designed to assist growers, packers, transporters, wholesalers, retailers and others involved in the fresh produce supply chain to identify and assess potential food safety hazards	Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia & New Zealand
Guidelines for Off-label use of Agrichemicals		Decision Tree for Determining if an Agrichemical can be used Off-label Checklist for ensuring Compliance on Off-label use	Off-label use of agrichemicals is needed to manage pests, diseases and weeds in a number of minor fruit and vegetable crops. This guide provides growers with practical information around off-label use of agrichemicals to ensure growers meet regulatory requirements under the ACVM, HSNO, HSAW and Food Acts.	NZGAP

 
Other Food Safety Guidelines

• Integrated Pest Management Code of Practice
• Packhouse and Coolstore Code of Practice

Health and Safety Guidelines

Title	Document Download	Tools/Templates	Description	Source
Keep Safe, Keep Growing: How to be healthy and safe in horticulture		Interactive Health and Safety Toolkit	This guide is about protecting the productivity of your farm and the lifestyle you enjoy. This guide will help you work out the best way for you to identify, manage and communicate health and safety risks to family and workers plus what part other people on farm should play in risk management.	HortNZ, Worksafe

Environment Guidelines

Title	Document Download	Tools/Templates	Description	Source
Erosion & Sediment Control Guidelines for Vegetable Production			The Guideline aims to provide information to growers on a range of possible control measures and options to assist in achieving sustainable land management.	HortNZ
Code of Practice for Nutrient Management			This Code of Practice is designed for growers to understand and implement good and best management practices for nutrient management, particularly nitrogen, and to assist where resource consent is required from Regional Council.	HortNZ
Vegetable Washwater Discharge Code of Practice			This Code of Practice, checklist, decision tree, and reference values is a self-audit to assist growers in determining if any discharge of vegetable washwater meets Good Practice.	HortNZ

NZGAP System

• NZGAP Scheme Rules (V 3.1 Nov 2017)

NZGAP Licence Agreement

• NZGAP Licence Agreement

NZGAP Advisers