GMP+ 2025: Changes and Termination of CSA-GTP Recognition – What Does this Mean for the Feed Industry

The animal feed sector is on the verge of significant changes. With the GMP+ 2025 changes and the termination of CSA-GTP recognition, a lot is changing for your raw material purchasing and transport. Are you responsible for feed purchasing, transport planning or quality assurance? Then this is the moment to ensure you are prepared.

What is changing in GMP+ 2025?

The renewed GMP+ Feed Certification scheme has been in effect since 2025. You have one year to bring your processes, audits and documentation in line with the new requirements.

The most important changes at a glance:

Clearer definitions and protocols → less room for interpretation.
Stricter audits → more focus on high-risk parts of your process.
Sustainability and antibiotic-free → increasingly part of the certification.
More chain assurance → extra requirements for your suppliers and transport partners.

In short: the bar is higher and that requires action in your company.

CSA-GTP recognition ends at the end of 2025

A crucial change is that the mutual recognition with CSA-GTP will cease on December 31, 2025. From January 1, 2026, CSA-GTP will no longer be accepted within GMP+ TS1.2.

What does this mean for you?

You are no longer allowed to purchase from suppliers who are only CSA-GTP certified.
Transport via CSA-GTP falls outside the recognition.
You must switch to GMP+ certified partners or work with gatekeeper protocols.

This entails extra administration and assurance. Waiting until the end of 2025 is therefore not an option.

Consequences for feed companies and transport

As a purchaser, transport planner or QA manager, you have to make choices. Are your current suppliers and transport partners still valid after 2025? Or do you run the risk of contracts becoming invalid and deliveries coming to a standstill?

In addition, the pressure on transport may increase. Fewer providers may mean higher rates and a more limited choice. As a livestock farmer or customer, you will notice this indirectly because the availability and reliability of feed materials will become more dependent on a tightly secured chain.

Checklist: how to prepare

Do you want to be sure that you are well prepared for the transition to 2026? Then use this checklist:

Check whether your suppliers are GMP+ certified (not just CSA-GTP).
Assess your transport partners for certifications and assurance.
Map out contracts that run into 2026.
Draw up a transition plan and document gatekeeper protocols.
Schedule audits and reassessments in time.

The sooner you do this, the fewer risks there are for your chain.

How P. van der Kooij Groep helps you

At P. van der Kooij Groep, we are fully GMP+ FSA and FRA certified and affiliated with SecureFeed. This means that you always work with us according to the highest standards.

We are happy to advise you on the impact of GMP+ 2025 and help you with practical solutions. Whether it concerns animal feed transport, tank storage or the purchase of feed materials: we ensure that your chain remains secured.