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Welcome to the GMP+ Blog – monthly articles from GMP+ International’s Managing Director, Martine Boon. Topics include current sector trends, future plans, and the work of the GMP+ Community. 

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Inside our biggest year

It’s been a foundational year for GMP+ International. We’ve built capacity, launched new offerings, and welcomed our 20,000th company.

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Inside our biggest year

Coming soon: Faster, smarter searching in the GMP+ Company database

The GMP+ Company database has some big changes coming soon. Hear all about the new features from GMP+ International’s Dalia ...

Published: 26 November 2025

Dalia Brkulic and Joris de Gooijer

As the world population grows, our international focus becomes even more relevant

Growing populations mean more meat consumption. GMP+ International wants to ensure that farmers have access to safe and sustainable feed, ...

Published: 29 October 2025

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A new chapter for the GMP+ Academy

The GMP+ Academy has become one of GMP+ International’s most relevant initiatives for feed companies, and soon it will play ...

Published: 24 September 2025

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Embracing what’s possible

Creating change as is hard enough when leaders in the feed industry face complexity and challenges on a daily basis. ...

Published: 30 July 2025

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Enabling a sustainable feed industry

Hear about GMP+ International’s latest work to create the underlying tools that will facilitate a more responsible sector, from Scheme ...

Published: 25 June 2025

Enabling a sustainable feed industry

Support for Brazil’s feed companies in a new age of regulation

Brazil’s feed industry is entering a new chapter - one where feed is safer, with more regulation and scrutiny. We ...

Published: 27 May 2025

Support for Brazil’s feed companies

Go antibiotic-free – the new era for feed

In the latest of our Spotlight blog series, Liliana Quillama shares how GMP+ International’s new Antibiotic-free feed standard can help ...

Published: 29 April 2025

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Don’t let the politics distract you – we still need to be a sustainable industry

Shifting sands in regulation and policy do not change the underlying challenge our industry faces. If we still want to ...

Published: 25 March 2025

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Spotlight: Making the new GMP+ Platform

In the first of a new series of spotlight blogs, GMP+ International’s Joris de Gooijer and Online Department’s Max van ...

Published: 27 February 2025

Making the new GMP+ Platform

Feed for the future

There’s lots on the agenda for 2025. Here are some of the things you can look out for.

Published: 28 January 2025

Feed for the future

What a year!

Our community goes from strength to strength. Hear some of this year’s highlights from the GMP+ team. Have you ever ...

Published: 18 December 2024

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Collaboration answers the industry’s shared challenges

I speak with long-serving colleague Dik Wolters to understand what lessons from the past 30 years can help us tackle ...

Published: 27 November 2024

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Let’s connect

One month into leading GMP+ International, and I’m already inspired, energised, and eager to get to know the GMP+ Community ...

Published: 31 October 2024

Martine Boon, Managing Director

My wishes for feed’s future

As my time at GMP+ International comes to an end, I am grateful to the many people who have built ...

Published: 30 September 2024

My wishes for feed’s future

Innovation is a team sport

We’re proud to be seen as an innovative organisation, and there are still more opportunities for our community to collaborate. Remaining ...

Published: 30 July 2024

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Top 5 takeaways from our 2023 annual report

With steady growth, a new strategy, and a big thumbs up from our community, our 2023 annual report shows that ...

Published: 24 June 2024

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Mutual transparency

Transparency is essential to feed safety and sustainability, not just for companies, but also for standard setters like us. Confidence ...

Published: 30 May 2024

Roland van der Post

The virtues of continuous improvement

Staying up to date and maintaining our ways of working are as important to continuous improvement as new innovations or ...

Published: 29 April 2024

Roland van der Post

Our story for our future work

Our redesigned vision, mission, and values will help us build on our success in a changed world. The world has ...

Published: 28 March 2024

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A digital future for auditing

What could we achieve if we truly embraced digitisation in our community? Technology has always been a great enabler for our ...

Published: 29 February 2024

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Why sustainable feed?

Our growing focus on sustainability has many parallels with our origins in feed safety. Our community recognises that sustainability is ...

Published: 30 January 2024

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