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Derogation for members using temporary storage

Added 29 October 2021

In recent weeks the Red Tractor team has been liaising closely with farmers and grain merchants on the issues caused by the ongoing shortage of HGV drivers, making grain logistics management extremely challenging.

Today, Red Tractor’s Combinable Crops & Sugar Beet Sector Board has agreed on the following derogation for members of this scheme, relating specifically to the temporary storage deadline of 31 October 2021.

Derogation details

  • For grain destined for animal feed, biofuel, export and non-food users, there will be an industry-wide derogation on the temporary storage deadline which will be extended from 31 October, up to and including 15 November 2021.
  • For grain destined for human consumption, the temporary storage deadline remains as 31 October 2021.
  • Any temporary storage required after 31 October 2021 for human food use, and after 15 November 2021 for all other uses, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This will be subject to an individual application for a further derogation to your certification body being approved.
  • Adherence to the protocols for temporary storage – especially grain moisture and temperature as set out in the AHDB Grain Storage Guide and the use of the Safe Storage Time Calculator – remains a scheme requirement.
  • The standards for the temporary holding of grain outside a building are not changed.

We hope that this derogation will bring some relief to those members affected during this time of acute supply chain disruption. As ever, the team is working hard to balance the needs of members with strict food safety requirements and extreme supply chain pressures.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us

Key Contacts
Head Office

Assured Food Standards

5th Floor
100 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3 5JD

membership@redtractor.org.uk

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Certification Bodies

Contact for anything related to your membership including stickers

LRQA

6 Redheughs Rigg

Edinburgh

EH12 9DQ

www.lrqa.com

Email: redtractor-ca@lr.org

Telephone: 0131 619 2100

NSF Certification

Hanborough Business Park

Long Hanborough

Oxford

OX29 8SJ

www.nsf-foodeurope.com

Email: agriculture@nsf.org

Telephone: 01993 885610

SAI Global Assurance Services Ltd

PO Box 6236

Milton Keynes

MK1 9ES

www.saiglobal.com/assurance

Email: agrifood@saiglobal.com

Telephone: 01908 249973

NIFCC (Northern Ireland)

1A Lissue Walk

Lissue Industrial Estate (East)

Lisburn

Northern Ireland

BT28 2LU

www.nifcc.co.uk

Email: info@nifcc.co.uk

Telephone: 028 9263 3017

QWFC (RTA Dairy Only – Wales)

PO Box 8

Gorseland

North Road

Aberystwyth

SY23 2WB

www.wlbp.co.uk

Email: info@wlbp.co.uk

Telephone: 01970 636688

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