The certification of oil seed crops: the French example | Certification des semences de plantes oléagineuses [en France]
2001
Poupard, V. ((Groupement National Interprofessionnel des Semences, Paris (France)))
In the sixties, the certification of seeds was made compulsory in Europe for marketing purposes, to ensure consistent seed quality for farmers and allow free movement within the European Union. The GNIS (Groupement national interprofessionnel des semences et plants) was entrusted with official certification, which is carried out by its technical service, the SOC (Service officiel de contrôle et de certification). The French certification scheme gradually evolved to take into account, under official control, some of the means for quality management set up by the seed companies. Certification today guarantees the varietal conformity of seeds, as well as some technological and sanitary characteristics. It still uses very little the new laboratory methods developed by biotechnologies, but the SOC is studying their potential use to simplify present procedures, to accelerate decisions, and even to integrate guarantees on additional characteristics to meet the increasing expectations of consumers concerning quality and traceability
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