Report shows how three vital trade assurance schemes underpin UK feed and food safety
A special report demonstrating how three vital Trade Assurance Schemes underpin UK feed and food safety has been published by AIC Services.
The new interactive report offers a comprehensive look at the rigour and confidence brought to UK animal feed and food supply chains by three pioneering Trade Assurance Schemes since they were originally launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
AIC Services manages the Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS), the Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops (TASCC), and the Universal Feed Assurance Scheme (UFAS).
Each scheme was developed in response to a succession of feed and food safety incidents which put the health and safety of humans and animals at risk, including Salmonella in eggs, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and Foot and Mouth disease.
The voluntary Standards of FEMAS, TASCC, and UFAS provide a vital due diligence defence for agri-food supply chains, which ensures feed and food safety.
View the full report on the AIC website, and view a summary brochure by clicking below.
The report includes a foreword by Food Standards Agency (FSA) Chair Professor Susan Jebb OBE, along with testimonials from Red Tractor Chief Executive Jim Moseley and others.
John Kelley, Managing Director of AIC Services, said: "These essential Trade Assurance Schemes have developed over many years and underpin the safe supply of feed and food for the consumers and livestock industry.
"Without these Schemes, there would be a higher level of feed and food incidents, product withdrawals, and a lack of confidence in the UK agri-food supply chain.
"The industry has worked hard to develop and support FEMAS, TASCC and UFAS, and these Schemes will continually develop to meet the changing needs of the UK consumer and government requirements."
Watch the videos below to find out more about how these Trade Assurance Schemes work and the feed and food safety incidents which led to their development.
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About AIC
As the UK agricultural supply industry's leading trade association, the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) represents businesses in key sectors within the supply chains that feed the nation.
Its Member businesses supply UK farmers and growers with the animal feed, fertiliser, seed, crop protection products, trusted advice and quality services that are essential to producing food, as well as trading crops and commodities across the globe.
AIC Services manages a range of services, including Trade Assurance Schemes and professional registers recognised by the UK Government as essential means to underpin feed and food safety alongside fertiliser security.
These schemes and professional registers include:
- Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops (TASCC)
- Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS)
- Universal Feed Assurance Scheme (UFAS)
- European Seed Treatment Assurance (ESTA)
- Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme (FIAS)
- Feed Adviser Register (FAR)
- Renewable Energy Directive (RED)
- Forage Assurance Scheme (FAA)
- AIC Services Palm Oil Credit Scheme (APOCS)
*According to a 2023 survey of AIC Members.
Press Contact
Oli Hill, Head of Communications, AIC
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Author
Oli Hill
As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.
