AIC launches new Register for Trade Assurance Scheme Consultants
Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has launched the Trade Assurance Consultant Register (TACR) to help agri-supply businesses that need advice and support from consultants and advisers in relation to their trade assurance schemes for feed and food safety (UFAS, FEMAS and TASCC), fertiliser safety and security (FIAS), seed quality (ESTA), and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
The new TACR recognises that different skills and knowledge are required to provide advice on each scheme. Registered consultants will benefit from the provision of information relevant to the schemes they support, access to available i-learning, use of the TACR logo, an ID card, and the promotion of their business to relevant new clients.
To join the TACR, consultants agree to abide by a professional standards code when delivering their services. Membership and website information is renewable annually with a fee payable for non-AIC Members.
Existing trade assurance scheme participants or those considering joining a scheme will benefit by having one place to find providers of consultancy and advice related to their specific scheme, and access to contact details, with the confidence that a professional service will be provided by consultants who are up to date with the schemes and relevant information.
John Kelley, AIC Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Director of AIC Services, which runs the register, said, “The agri-supply industry asked us to launch a register of consultants so that participants can be sure that any advice received is from a registered adviser. The TACR will meet this need. We look forward to consultants joining this register to ensure that advice is robust and meets the requirements of scheme participants.”
To find a consultant or for more information about how to join the TACR, visit the AIC website: www.agindustries.org.uk/tacr.
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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.
Formed in October 2003 by a merger of three trade associations, today AIC has over 230 Members in the agri-supply trade and represents £17.8 billion* turnover at farmgate.
AIC works on behalf of its Members by lobbying policymakers and stakeholders, delivering information, providing trade assurance schemes, and offering technical support.
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.
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