28 Aug 2025
by Wendy Ford

AIC Key Industry Meetings Week 1 - September 2025

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AIC’s team are constantly engaging with industry and stakeholders, the following list highlights some of this coming week’s key meetings.  

  • Meeting with representatives from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to discuss the upcoming 14th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Precision Breeding Roundtable – Trade and Market Readiness Subgroup
  • Meeting with Euroseeds to discuss the EU–UK Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement
  • European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) Task Force kick-off meeting on Mass-Balance Sourcing Systems (EUDR compliance)
  • Bilateral meeting with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
  • Meeting with the Malt Distillers’ Association of Scotland to review and discuss updates to the Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS) standards
  • Site visit to Pymoor organised by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  • Engagement with the Glyphosate Renewal Group
  • Participation in the Pea Bruchid Risk Industry Forum
  • Attendance at the Reform Party Conference in Birmingham
  • Presentation on assurance schemes at the Central Region Trading Standards Officers Meeting
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Industry Market Monitoring Panel

Author

Wendy Ford

Wendy Ford

Communications Manager, AIC

Wendy Ford is Communications Manager at AIC, creating and overseeing the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media.