Universal Feed Assurance Scheme

From the beginning, the UFAS feed scheme has been based on HACCP principles, an internationally recognised system of hazard analysis pioneered by space agency NASA. Since 1998 when UFAS was first introduced HACCP has become a central requirement of Food and Feed safety legislation.

The scheme is audited and certified by an independent certification body, in accordance with the internationally recognised standard EN45011. This means that the certification body is itself independently assessed every year to ensure that the standard is implemented and administered consistently and fairly.

Partly as a result of this independence of inspection, local authorities now include participation in UFAS in their risk assessments of Feed businesses.

The scheme dovetails with the UK livestock assurance (Little Red Tractor) schemes which the major supermarkets make a requirement for the home-produced livestock products they buy.

The Scheme is made up of a Scheme Manual and two codes of practice (Compound Feeds and Merchants).

UFAS related documents can be found under the Trade Assurance Publications and Reports and the Codes of Practice are listed on the UFAS page.