A reminder to members that AIC, alongside Defra, will be hosting a webinar on the future of agricultural support payments in England, including Environmental Land Management (ELM) and Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) schemes on Friday 27th May 9.30 am to 11.00am.
Over the last year AIC was requested to carry out an evaluation of the implementation of the Gatekeeper protocol, which is currently used for imported crops, as a method of UK crop assurance.
After industry consultation over the last year, the Agricultural Industries Confederation has concluded that there is no current end market demand for a UK Gatekeeper Protocol for domestic combinable crops for feed and food, but that assurance scheme providers should continue to develop their schemes according to market needs.
The following documents have been prepared for this area:
Gatekeeper Protocol press release; Position Statement – Introduction of the Gatekeeper protocol into the UK; FAQ – Assessment of Gatekeeper protocol into the UK; Presentation – Assessment of AIC Gatekeeper protocol into the UK
Chinese D-Calcium Pantothenate (D-Calpan) producer Xinfa Pharmaceutical has told their customers that illegally produced D-Calpan had been sold under it’s brand.
AIC has met for the second time with the Minister Jo Churchill MP as part of the industry round table on fertiliser and its impact on farming and the food supply-chain.
Work was undertaken by the National Audit Office (NAO) to understand how three regulators; the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE), including the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) manged the transition period following EU Exit.
