How long do you spend preparing for RT audit?
- Thread starter Neddy flanders
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tullah
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- Location
- Linconshire
Easy...If he fails you on it then ask him if he's fit and well then calibrate the probe against his 98.4. Box ticked.
- Location
- DD9.
Red tractor, Sqc, sedex, fias, Tassc, supplier approval forms.
Fecked off just listing them, let alone doing the bloody things.
feels like there’s barely a month that there’s not something to be filling in.
Fecked off just listing them, let alone doing the bloody things.
feels like there’s barely a month that there’s not something to be filling in.
- Location
- DD9.
Where do you insert it in that situation?
tullah
Member
- Location
- Linconshire
Before he knows what's happened it's all over.
I used to stress over it, lose sleep, etc. Don't anymore.
The critical failure points are covered by law anyway, so need to be fairly up to date.
Just ballocks to the rest, if RT decide to send a "coconut", then we shall just have to rectify whatever their pet peeve is.
Life is too short to get wound up over this crap.
The critical failure points are covered by law anyway, so need to be fairly up to date.
Just ballocks to the rest, if RT decide to send a "coconut", then we shall just have to rectify whatever their pet peeve is.
Life is too short to get wound up over this crap.
But you shouldn't have to.
No, Just compare one against another. If they don't agree borrow a third?
I doubt they are waterproof but reading 100 deg at water boiling would be a good calibration?
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Took it to the supplier of such equipment, along with the moisture meter. They just put it in a bucket of water with a thermometer
.Tho I now have the official certificate I can photo copy each year
- Location
- DD9.
Took it to the supplier of such equipment, along with the moisture meter. They just put it in a bucket of water with a thermometer
Tho I now have the official certificate I can photo copy each year
Can you upload that into the “resources” section on here?....
sticky
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- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
I’ve dropped all RT don’t need it for breeding sheep and I get £5+/t less than you guys but I can store my grain in a shed, that would be classed as temporary by RT, for longer and try and make up the few pounds that way.
For the time being my view is feck all of them.
For the time being my view is feck all of them.
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- Location
- south norfolk
How do you know that’s accurate,what a load of shite.ill have to remember that one
nick...
What’s a moisture meter clinic. I just tell them that I calibrate it with 2 neighbours .
Is that because you use central storage?
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
I'm considering the same. Currently only on temp storage scheme so have to shift crop out - sell or into storage scheme.
I would absolutely never try and find out, but maybe there is a magic farmer (with storage) somewhere who could turn my unassured grain into assured, for the split of the difference.
But that is just Pie in the Sky, and completely against any rules I suspect, maybe
Sums it up innit
You could charge £1 each make a fortune for copiesTook it to the supplier of such equipment, along with the moisture meter. They just put it in a bucket of water with a thermometer
Tho I now have the official certificate I can photo copy each year
Most industries have a governing body that require a reasonable amount of paperwork to comply with, why should agriculture be any different? Having dealt with the food standards agency professionally for a few years owning a meat catering business, I find the RT audit no problem at all and far far easier to conquer.
For beef and crops with on farm grain storage, a well organised approach on behalf of the business owner should mean that everything they ask for is readily available. I challenge myself every year to have everything they ask for immediately to hand, almost to the point that I guide them through what they need to see in the order I want it to go. Most of it is not that outrageous, admittedly there’s a few things that can puzzle the mind, but on the whole record keeping and cleanliness should be part of every day farming business.
Whilst I’m not a fan of red tape as a rule, I think we need to be realistic and acknowledge that we, like the rest of the business world, will be forever under the scrutiny of some sort of governing body that many will call bureaucracy, and most will call unnecessary.
The key is not to get worked up about it, but I know that’s easier said than done. At worst they write you a list of non compliance’s, which you have 28 days to rectify. FSA has the authority to shut you down on the spot. Compliant businesses have access to larger, broader markets which if exploited correctly do offer financial benefits.
I don’t mean to make light of the stress that RT brings, nor am I suggesting that I have it all worked out. I’m merely trying to suggest that it can be far more palatable by keeping on top of things rather than panicking as inspection day looms, and that we are not the only ones with certification bodies that like to check up on us.
For beef and crops with on farm grain storage, a well organised approach on behalf of the business owner should mean that everything they ask for is readily available. I challenge myself every year to have everything they ask for immediately to hand, almost to the point that I guide them through what they need to see in the order I want it to go. Most of it is not that outrageous, admittedly there’s a few things that can puzzle the mind, but on the whole record keeping and cleanliness should be part of every day farming business.
Whilst I’m not a fan of red tape as a rule, I think we need to be realistic and acknowledge that we, like the rest of the business world, will be forever under the scrutiny of some sort of governing body that many will call bureaucracy, and most will call unnecessary.
The key is not to get worked up about it, but I know that’s easier said than done. At worst they write you a list of non compliance’s, which you have 28 days to rectify. FSA has the authority to shut you down on the spot. Compliant businesses have access to larger, broader markets which if exploited correctly do offer financial benefits.
I don’t mean to make light of the stress that RT brings, nor am I suggesting that I have it all worked out. I’m merely trying to suggest that it can be far more palatable by keeping on top of things rather than panicking as inspection day looms, and that we are not the only ones with certification bodies that like to check up on us.