- Location
- Herefordshire
Is it me being an old fart but what a load of waffle.Think I could of used a fraction of the words used to say the same thing in layman's terms.eight key principles for developing standards
The eight key principles set out by the NFU are:
- Continue to retain trust and support growth in the domestic market for British food.
- Provide an assurance platform for growth in the export market for British food and ensure high value exports have robust assurance supporting traceability claims.
- Retain its leading position on cost effective assurance and protect members from inspection and regulatory duplication. Any additional costs associated with implementing new standards should be supported with a clear and simple cost benefit analysis or business case.
- Be empowered to challenge duplicity within the marketplace and not facilitate the hypocrisy of buyers sourcing policies which undermines domestic standards.
- Seek to add value through segmentation and market differentiation where there is a need to deliver different value propositions to different markets, without inflating the core standard and eroding value to scheme members.
- Provide marketing choice for buyers. Scheme options, or bolt‑ons, could provide competition for cost‑effective or a more practicable alternative for brands and scheme members alike.
- Provide a viable but discretionary alternative to new or increasing regulatory burdens and it should deliver efficient solutions in areas that are susceptible to regulatory burdens.
- Explore the opportunities for inspections to be driven by outcomes and data, and where possible reduce the burden of inspection and add value back to farmers.