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Local Authority Food Standards checks are free. They're free for coffee shops, bakers, deli, butchers, commercial grain stores.If RT is removed expect to pay for Local Authority audits. Why will the taxpayer fund such visits as free visits? And as a taxpayer you would expect your local council to charge for such a service - would you not? Even though checking legal requirements. Building regs man charges for example.
Tbh though, even if they did charge, I'd rather pay them than RT. We would get a qualified Food Standards Inspector.
As far as I'm aware, the RT inspectors don't have the same official qualification as the Food Standards Inspector.
I suppose one form of protest possible by assured growers is to ask for £5 a tonne above whatever we are offered in order to pay for RT. If we refused to sell unless we got the £5 premium then it might send a message. Obviously we could only do it for so long but it might at least be educational. The contract asks for RT so please show me the premium over imports. In fact AHDB ought to be publishing two prices. Assured and unassured so we all know what a good thing assurance is. They’d be serving a purpose then.
The AIC contract asks for the grain to be farm assured. It doesn't say which scheme afaik.
That means unless if you sell to a merchant, unless their contract specifies RT/SQC, all We've got to do is supply farm assured. Merchants problem to them sell this grain to their customer. Suppose they'd soon get wise to it though, but they could have bought a fair chunk of grain before they've realised.
Think I'm going to email AIC tomorrow and ask if they accept L Authority Food Standards inspection for their UFAS mills. If not, why not. If they don't accept it, I'd be inclined to give AIC some bad publicity.