GMP+ FRA Certification Scheme
GMP+ Feed Responsibility Assured (FRA) soy is available from European Protein.
GMP+ FRA ensures responsible soy production practices, similar to other deforestation-free certifications or standards.
When you or your customers ask for deforestation-free soy, you can choose from the mutually acknowledged certifications, standards, or schemes listed below.
GMP+ FRA soy carries either the logo or/and the GMP+ FRA assured text on the label following the fermented feed.
All of our soy proteins can be purchased as GMP+ FRA. Visit the product overview here.
GMP+ FRA logo
What are the requirements for GMP+ FRA?
Before achieving the GMP+ FRA certificate, a feed company must be GMP+ FSA certified, short for Feed Safety Assured. At European Protein, we have been GMP+ FSA assured since 2013. You can check the status of any feed producer at the GMP+ International Portal.
The GMP+ FRA builds on top of Feed Safety Assurance, requiring additional systems to handle certified and deforestation-free soy.
What is required from feed producers to obtain certification?
To become GMP+ FRA-certified, feed producers must document:
- Leadership and commitment to the GMP+ FRA scheme
- Traceability and verification of incoming soy
- Internal and external communication about GMP+ FRA
European Proteins GMP+ FRA Certificate
How to order Certified Deforestation-free Soy
Feel free to contact our sales team if you want to order or know more about Feed Responsibility Assured soy.
What’s the difference between conventional and certified GMP+ FRA soy?
GMP+ FRA soy can be traced back to deforestation-free soy farming. Though the exact shipment of soy does not necessarily have to be deforestation-free, the feed company supplying your soy will have to buy a certificate equivalent to the amount you ordered. There are different supply chain models which qualify as deforestation-free soy. If you want to know more about the models, visit https://www.gmpplus.org/feed-certification-scheme/scheme-documents/framework/f00/.
Here’s a list of certifications:
CERTIFICATION |
NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL |
MUTUALLY ACCEPTED SCHEMES |
| GMP+ Feed Responsible Assurance | GMP+FRA | GMP+ International is the world’s largest scheme for safe and sustainable animal feed. | Segregation, Mass balance, Area Mass, and certificate trading models, Book & Claim | |
| QS Soyplus | QS Soyplus | QS is a German quality assurance scheme for food. From 2024, the requirements for QS certification for feed producers include the QS-Soyplus add-on module. | Accepted | |
| Round Table of Responsible Soy | RTRS | Industry organisation | Segregation, mass balance and certificate trading models | Temporarily Accepted |
| Certified Responsible Soy Standard | CRS | Cefetra is a supplier of feedstock that owns the CRS standard and certifies farms. | Area Mass Balance CoC model | Temporarily Accepted |
| The Responsible Soybean Standard | ADM | Global supplier of soy | Segregation, mass balance and certificate trading models | Temporarily Accepted |
| ProTerra | ProTerra | A non-profit organisation with a focus on non-GMO soy | IP (identity preserved), segregated, mass balance, certificate trading model | Temporarily Accepted |
| International Sustainability & Carbon Certification | ISCC | The multistakeholder organisation is responsible for the ISCC certification system across various feedstock | IP, segregated, mass balance | Temporarily Accepted |
| Cargill Tripple s | Cargill Tripple s | A standard owned by global feed trader and producer Cargill | Mass Balance | Temporarily Accepted |
| Donau Soy Europe Soya |
Donau Soy Europe Soya |
The Donau Soy Association is a non-profit organisation. | IP of European origin | Accepted: IP & Segregation Temporarily accepted: Mass Balance & Book & Claim |
| QSQA Sustainable Cereal and Oilseed | QSQA | CSQA is a certification body | Segregated | Accepted |
| U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol | USSSAP | Governed by the U.S. Soybean Export Council | Mass Balance | Temporarily Accepted |
| https://www.gmpplus.org/feed-certification-scheme/scheme-documents/fra-requirements/mi56-app-1-jan | ||||
| https://www.q-s.de/services/files/downloadcenter/c-futtermittelwirtschaft/soja/englisch/Annex_4.2_Recognized_standards_for_the_soybean_production_01.01.2024rev06.pdf | ||||
