AIC have developed a range of Trade Assurance Schemes covering areas of the Agri-supply industry in which our members are engaged. They fall into two categories, Food/ Feed Safety and Fertiliser Security and Traceability.

All the schemes are managed in consultation with a variety of stakeholders including scheme participants and government along with customer and supplier groups.

Food / Feed Safety
People want to know where their food comes from and they want reassurance it is safe to eat.  Animal feed and grains, oilseeds and pulses are clearly important for the food chain - and AIC has created a set of assurance schemes to cover them.  The schemes apply to:

• the sources of feed ingredients
• the producers and distributors of animal feed
• the production and delivery of compound feeds
• the storage, haulage and laboratory analysis of grains, oilseeds and pulses (called combinable crops because they are harvested by combine harvesters)

There are three food/feed safety schemes in place.  They are:

UFAS (UNIVERSAL Feed Assurance Scheme), the original scheme, deals with the production and delivery of compounds feeds and the supply of feed materials to the farm.  UFAS auditors are accredited under the European standard, EN45011.

FEMAS (Feed Materials Assurance Scheme), the UFAS sister scheme, covers the sourcing and production of feed materials right back to the country where they are grown.  Also accredited under EN45011.

TASCC (Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops) deals with what happens to grains and pulses when they leave the farm.  TASCC auditors are accredited under UKAS (UK Accreditation Service).

Fertiliser Security and Traceability

FIAS (Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme)The Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme has been developed in order to help the industry ensure that large quantities of potentially dangerous chemicals are controlled.

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