One-stop accreditation

Farmers, processors and hauliers considering joining the Red Tractor and EBLEX Quality standard marks can now visit the Assured British Meat website to learn which bodies are authorised to perform inspection and accreditation.

“Both the Red Tractor and EBLEX Quality Standard mark now require beef and lamb to be assured throughout the whole chain,” said Ian Frood, ABM chairman.

“ABM has developed this service to protect the integrity and credibility of these consumer marks by helping the industry ensure only eligible beef and lamb is labelled with them.”

This free, simple to use system means processors and buyers can complete all their English farm and supply assurance chain checks at one site, saving time and resources hunting down information.

New to the service is the inclusion of data relating to additional holdings covered under a farm membership, an enhanced livestock transport checker containing both commercial hauliers and cattle, sheep and pig farm vehicles together with downloadable lists of both ABM-assured livestock markets and collection centres and ABM-assured abattoirs. For more visit www.abm.org.uk