CertiCraft Seed-to-Sale Compliance Software is now EU-GMP Validated!

If you are a licensed cannabis producer who is serious about global distribution, you’re going to want to get familiar with a little thing called GMP. 

What is GMP?

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are a set of principles and guidelines that ensure products intended for human consumption are consistently safe and produced at high-quality standards.

Many countries worldwide have GMP regulations encompassing various aspects of production, including personnel qualifications, facility cleanliness, equipment maintenance, quality assurance, and documentation procedures. 

• Did You Know? EU-GMP is one of the most rigorous international standards, and many countries outside the EU, such as Australia and New Zealand, have accepted it for products imported into their own countries.

What does GMP have to do with cannabis?

GMP certification is essential for cannabis businesses aspiring to export internationally. By complying with GMP standards, cannabis businesses not only guarantee the safety and quality of their products but also enhance their credibility and competitiveness in the global market. 

What does GMP have to do with compliance software? 

If you use a cannabis software system to document your production or quality assurance processes, GMP regulations require you to validate that service provider.

Validating a service provider means that you ensure the system consistently works as expected and is completely reliable. If an error ever occurs, it “errors gracefully.” In other words, it gives you an appropriate error message and doesn’t do something it shouldn’t. 

Certified vs. validated: the differences 

As a service provider, CertiCraft can’t actually be GMP certified because we don’t manufacture a consumable product. Instead, we are GMP validated.

This means that not only does our software fit the validation criteria GMP-certified businesses need to use it, but we’ve done all the legwork to make validation easy for you.

To simplify your GMP certification process, we provide you with all the validation documents you need so that you don’t have to spend hundreds of hours manually validating our system on your own.

• Caution! As a GMP-certified facility, you should never consider using a software system that has not undergone this process.
  
  

Wait, there's more?

Since our inception, we've operated at a standard much higher than EU-GMP. We have over 60,000 automated tests that ensure that CertiCraft works as expected.

We utilize a development methodology known as Test-Driven Development, which most software companies don't use because it dramatically slows down development. However, in the world of compliance software, it is critical because it significantly increases the robustness and reliability of the software. This practice greatly exceeds the requirements of GMP frameworks globally.

We didn’t need the GMP benchmark to engineer great, reliable software—we were already doing it because we take the responsibility of handling your compliance seriously. The only thing that’s different is that now it’s official. Exciting, right?

Conclusion

Licensed cannabis producers eyeing international expansion, understanding and adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) is your ticket to the big leagues.

GMP certification is essential for cannabis businesses aspiring to export internationally, as it guarantees product safety, quality, and credibility in the global market.

CertiCraft seed-to-sale compliance software is now EU-GMP validated, which means you can officially use CertiCraft in a GMP-certified facility.