Another kick in the teeth for red tractor

[Sid]

Is this for real?

I've tried to find the standards that were I believe in the last round.

I haven't managed to find them . were they shelved or just hidden away somewhere on their website

 

[spinkles]

I've tried to find the standards that were I believe in the last round.

I haven't managed to find them . were they shelved or just hidden away somewhere on their website

 

[spinkles]

rt our standards, drop down list,dairy, look atour standards,green did you know box ,before abi reader

 

[Andy26]

Is this for real?

Personnel - Fresh Produce (PR) - Red Tractor Assurance

Read about Red Tractor Assurance standards for Fresh Produce (PR) from our Personnel standards. Red Tractor is the UK’s largest food and farm standards scheme.

redtractorassurance.org.uk

See PR.PL.6

 

[Sid]

Personnel - Fresh Produce (PR) - Red Tractor Assurance

Read about Red Tractor Assurance standards for Fresh Produce (PR) from our Personnel standards. Red Tractor is the UK’s largest food and farm standards scheme.

redtractorassurance.org.uk

See PR.PL.6

Thanks

That's the one.

"If provided" is the key wording.

"Sell" them the accommodation and it does away with that standard.

 

[melted welly]

Did they keep the proposed standard about checking whether persons were wearing too much perfume/aftershave or was it quietly dropped?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Did they keep the proposed standard about checking whether persons were wearing too much perfume/aftershave or was it quietly dropped?

Had a minsups rep come in the front of the parlour one morning,, I was at the back and could smell him before I could see him

 

[melted welly]

Had a minsups rep come in the front of the parlour one morning,, I was at the back and could smell him before I could see him

In a good way or a bad way?!

 

[DRC]

Whilst I am happy to criticise RT, I am not going to criticise their inspectors - speak as you find - Ive dealt with several over the years and I have yet to meet one (male or female) that wasnt pleasant and helpful. Most understood the feeling against RT, most agreed with our grievances. Ive obviously been luckier than a lot of you but thats my experience.

I used to have an older gentleman that I got on well with, who was very helpful.
since he retired the young farmers wife that comes has pushed me to the limit with her pettiness and jobs worth attitude .

 

[DRC]

Had a minsups rep come in the front of the parlour one morning,, I was at the back and could smell him before I could see him

Wasn’t me was it? I had a stint at Minsups a long time ago now. The car smelled lovey, due to the sample blocks we carried around . That lovely molasses smell.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Wasn’t me was it? I had a stint at Minsups a long time ago now. The car smelled lovey, due to the sample blocks we carried around . That lovely molasses smell.

No , definitely not you

 

[Tarw Coch]

In a good way or a bad way?!

Well, let’s just say he didn’t smell like he’d done a hard days work on a farm............or that he was likely to.

 

[adda]

Whilst I am happy to criticise RT, I am not going to criticise their inspectors - speak as you find - Ive dealt with several over the years and I have yet to meet one (male or female) that wasnt pleasant and helpful. Most understood the feeling against RT, most agreed with our grievances. Ive obviously been luckier than a lot of you but thats my experience.

I had one a couple of years ago a very cheeky sod at the end of the inspection he said I'll se you next time I said not bloody likely you will never step on the farm ever again phoned the office up to complain about him had a apology from them next
inspection he phoned up again for a inspection I told him where to go and had another one do the inspection

 

[Barleymow]

Grain men are stuck with it to a certain point but the dairy men have a gun to their heads, if rt does get disbanded what comes next? Is it better the devil you know we need a union that will speak for us all an play hardball with rt to mold them into what we want it to be

If everyone stood up and said ime out they would be finished overnight

 

[Barleymow]

Whilst I am happy to criticise RT, I am not going to criticise their inspectors - speak as you find - Ive dealt with several over the years and I have yet to meet one (male or female) that wasnt pleasant and helpful. Most understood the feeling against RT, most agreed with our grievances. Ive obviously been luckier than a lot of you but thats my experience.

Mine is very good I said last time I've no problem with him just the system . He is sensible he knows it's a game we play along with

 

[tullah]

Mine is very good I said last time I've no problem with him just the system . He is sensible he knows it's a game we play along with

They're all as bad as each other. They know full well it's an immoral corrupt game.

 

[Jack Benson]

Glad that we don't have that BS in this country

 

[neilo]

Do you have the same inspector each year @neilo ? That’s were it changed for me, the last chap I knew and he would explain things and get me through it. The new one just sat there barking at me for different bits of paper.

It was a new one this time, although he’d been doing it for years I think. Prior to that, it had been the same one since I rejoined a few years ago, but she’s left. Somebody did tell me the other day that they were glad she had as she’d been far too officious, but I never found that at all.

Tbh, and maybe I’ve been lucky, but I only ever remember one FA inspector who I’d have happily have seen fall in the slurry pit. He worked for Dairy Crest, back in the days that dairies did their own audits.
Most have just been doing their jobs.

 

[D14]

At my inspection Hitler wanted to know about our waste. I had no issue showing him a ticket for waste chemical cans which we take for recycling but he also wanted to know about waste pallets and plastic generated from industrial lets. Told him it was none of his business and he did not like it one bit and said that in the future RT would be looking at complete farm business's including diversifications that are based within the farm yard. Told him in no uncertain terms that if that happened I would not be requiring RT's services.

 

[D14]

Thanks

That's the one.

"If provided" is the key wording.

"Sell" them the accommodation and it does away with that standard.

Got two friends who both run farm shops and both have dumped RT this year. Both said RT was getting to pushy with regards to the farm shop so with a bit of change to their business's RT is long gone. One of them had a visit from Customs and also Food health and he is adamant RT reported him.
Anyway they both are feeding grain to their own animals which are sold through the farm shop and any surplus grain they are selling to neighbours at £2/tonne under the market price on the day then the neighbours are selling it as RT assured. Stupid thing is the grain merchants are happy to collect it from a farm address that has no RT number.

Its all falling apart slowly for RT because if they loose the grain merchants which appears to be happening then that them done.