Welcome to SeedGuard – Society for Seed Quality!
SeedGuard Gesellschaft für Saatgutqualität mbH was founded in 2011 by leading propagation and breeding organisations, processors and trade organisations in the German seed industry as a certification system for seed preparation and treatment.
Certification according to the SeedGuard scheme is voluntary and primarily serves to ensure the greatest possible environmental and health protection for the seed treatment process and the resulting product, the treated seed. In the short and medium term, it makes an important contribution to the proper and professional use of seed treatments and thus to the acceptance of seed treatment. At the same time, SeedGuard offers an extension of the certification in the area of "seed grains" to include aspects of seed quality. The seed quality criteria have been developed and agreed with the relevant organisations (associations, breeders, companies) and have been fully recognised by them. A SeedGuard certification thus meets all requirements for professional seed treatment and quality assurance of the seeds.
Participation in the SeedGuard is open to all seed preparation and treatment centres in Germany and abroad. Specific criteria apply to the participating companies, which are described in detail in the system principles.
The SeedGuard certification system is internationally recognized as part of the European Seed Treatment Assurance (ESTA).
Find out more about the tasks and goals of SeedGuard, the scheme requirements, testing system and more on our website.
Shareholders
The following associations support the SeedGuard system and represent the affected economic groups:
- Bundesverband deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. (www.bdp-online.de)
- Bundesverband der VO-Firmen e.V. (www.bvo-saaten.de)
- Bundesverband Deutscher Saatguterzeuger e.V. ( www.deutsche-saatguterzeuger.de)
- Deutsches Maiskomitee e.V. (www.maiskomitee.de)
- Deutscher Raiffeisenverband (www.raiffeisen.de)
- Industrieverband Agrar (www.iva.de)
- Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (www.ufop.de)
The office of SeedGuard GmbH is managed by ORGAINVENT Entwicklungs- und Koordinationsgesellschaft mbH as part of a business transaction.
Governance
Advisory Board
The members of the Advisory Board are appointed by the shareholders' meeting on the proposal of the shareholders and represent the economic sectors represented in the SeedGuard scheme. The advisory board supports SeedGuard in an advisory capacity in the development and further development of the criteria and requirements. Topic-specific working groups support the work of the advisory board.
Sanctions Advisory Board
The Sanctions Advisory Board is the body that uses SeedGuard to punish violations of the certification scheme's requirements. The Sanctions Advisory Board is set up as an independent, neutral body. The sanctions imposed by the Sanctions Advisory Board are implemented by SeedGuard GmbH.