What are key certificates for pistachio?

The key certificates for pistachio include:

• USDA Certified Organic
• Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
• Non-GMO certified
• Good Handling Practices (GHP)
• Commodity Inspection Certificate: domestic and export graded and processed commodities.
• Commodity Weight Certificate: domestic and export graded and processed commodities.
• Commodity Submitted Sample Inspection: commodity samples submitted by the applicant to official personnel for inspection.
• Official Commercial Sample Lot Inspection: when an applicant requests sample-lot services with modified procedures to accommodate the applicant's needs, however, sampling services by an official are provided, e.g., using an open-throated probe versus a compartmented probe (speed of sampling).
• Official Commercial Submitted Sample Inspection: same as previous with applicants sampling the lots themselves.
• ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System
• ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Management System
• ISO 14000
• ITU Certificate (Good Agricultural Practices certificate is given within the GAP Program initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)*

*Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) are the methods of achieving sustainable development in agricultural practices. GAP measures food safety, protecting the environment and soil, and the health, safety, and welfare of cultivators and agricultural workers.

• The "Regulation on Good Agricultural Practices" numbered 25577, which was firstly issued in Turkey on 08.09.2004, constituted the legal infrastructure of the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). Currently, GAP is carried out in our country in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the GAP, published in the Official Gazette dated 07.12.2010 and numbered 27778. GAP in Turkey, Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock which gives control and the authority of certification to private audit firms carries out the operation, applications to be monitored for agricultural production.