Celery 2016 - Red Tractor Assurance
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Celery 2016 - Red Tractor Assurance
Crop Module: Celery Effective from 1st June 2016 – 31st May 2017 : version 3.2 (Crop Risk Category 1) Welcome T his crop specific module for celery has been written to complement and avoid duplicating the generic principles of the Red Tractor Farm Assurance Fresh Produce Scheme standards. It is advisable to read the Red Tractor Farm Assurance Fresh Produce standards before reading this crop specific module. This module is designed to stimulate thought in the mind of the reader. It contains crop specific guidance and standards, where applicable, in addition to the requirements stated in the generic Fresh Produce standards. Within this module the important requirements outlined in the crop specific standards section will be verified during the Red Tractor Farm Assurance assessment and compliance will form a part of the certification/approval decision. Disclaimer and trade mark acknowledgement Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, Assured Food Standards does not accept any responsibility for errors and omissions. Trade names are only used in this module where use of that specific product is essential. All such products are annotated® and all trademark rights are hereby acknowledged. Notes: Pesticide Information The Red Tractor Fresh Produce team has been working with Fera to provide tailored access to the LIAISON database for all Red Tractor Fresh Produce members. This system allows individual growers access to all information for plant protection products approved for use under the Red Tractor Fresh Produce Scheme. LIAISON can be accessed under the Produce tab via the “Checkers and Services” page where you will also find a user manual. Searches will be filtered specifically for the crops for which you are registered. Once you have logged onto the site and clicked on the LIAISON hyperlink you will be directed to the LIAISON home screen. Red Tractor Fresh Produce Guidance Notes on Microbial Routes of Water Contamination For further guidance on the microbial routes of water contamination including its use, source, storage application timing and method, quality, equipment hygiene, and sampling please refer to the following http://assurance.redtractor.org.uk/contentfiles/ Farmers-6541.pdf . From October 2016 this guidance will be upgraded to a Fresh Produce Standards additional bolt on. General Introduction Following a systematic approach will help growers identify and manage the risks involved in crop production. This module is based on a typical crop production process and food safety, health & safety, environmental and quality hazards are identified. Appropriate controls may then be established to minimise risk. Food safety and health & safety issues always take precedent over quality and environmental controls. The layout of this module follows the same structure as that used in the Red Tractor Farm Assurance Fresh Produce Standards. The content of the module is reviewed prior to the issue of updated editions. The review process considers both new developments and all relevant technology which has emerged since the last review was completed and which have been found to be both workable by the grower and beneficial to the environment. The aim is to transfer such information and technologies to growers. Acknowledgements Red Tractor Farm Assurance Fresh Produce gratefully acknowledges the contribution of all consultees in the preparation of this module, particularly David Norman of Fresh Produce Consultancy Ltd. You will need a username and password and these will be sent once you have registered: http://checkers.redtractor.org.uk/rtassurance/ services.eb . 1 Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 Content Contents ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AGAINST CURRENT STANDARDS 02 CROP SPECIFIC STANDARDS02 CHOICE OF VARIETY OR ROOTSTOCK AND PLANT HEALTH CERTIFICATION03 SITE AND SOIL MANAGEMENT 03 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONTAMINATION CONTROL03 PEST DISEASE AND WEED CONTROL 04 NUTRITION 07 RESIDUES AND CONTAMINANTS 08 APPENDIX 1: TYPICAL NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CELERY 08 APPENDIX 2: GUIDELINES FOR MINIMISING PESTICIDE RESIDUES 09 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AGAINST CURRENT STANDARDS None for this crop module CROP SPECIFIC STANDARDS STANDARDS HOW YOU WILL BE MEASURED RECORDS (to be kept for 2 years) n Written CQ.36.d There must be written procedures within glasshouses for the management and recording of incidents involving heating oil spillages Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery procedure for heating oil spillages © AFS 2016: version 3.2 2 GUIDANCE CHOICE OF VARIETY OR ROOTSTOCK AND PLANT HEALTH CERTIFICATION Glasshouse management Glasshouses must have appropriate “No smoking/No food” signs and staff are provided with clearly defined areas to eat and drink. PLANT PROPAGATION There must be written procedures within glasshouses for the management and recording of incidents involving heating oil spillages and glass breakages. Producers should satisfy themselves that their transplants are grown in hygienic conditions to ensure that they are planted out in a pest and disease free condition. Plant raisers should be registered with FERA Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate under the EU Marketing Scheme. The major plant raisers have also produced, and abide by, their own code of practice, the Plant Propagation Material (PPM) standard. Growers should be able to produce evidence that any propagated material has been produced within a verifiable production system. Any chemical control of pests and diseases which can be applied at the propagation stage should be used: a. to target the problem directly, and b. to minimise usage in the field at a later date. Any treatments used must be agreed with the purchaser and accurate records of application must be kept. Growers must receive records of all pesticide applications to the celery plants in the propagation stage. Care should be taken to ensure any rogue or unused celery plants are removed from the nursery to help stop the carryover of pests and disease. All celery seed should be free from septoria infection and treated with an appropriate treatment for the control of septoria prior to sowing. SITE AND SOIL MANAGEMENT THE BASIC APPROACH TO CROP PROTECTION Introduction The guiding principle is that pesticide inputs should be minimised through prevention rather than cure. An integrated approach should be adopted to achieve this involving the following management steps. Good management and planning a. Careful site selection to avoid potential or previous problems thereby enhancing plant health b. Sensible crop rotations to avoid build-up of problems c. Inclusion of resistant varieties (where available) in cropping programmes whilst respecting the need to meet the required quality parameters and eating requirements d. Establish the need to take corrective action by regular monitoring referring to thresholds where established. This should be carried out by trained staff. The effect of prevailing weather conditions should also be considered. Cultural preventative techniques A good rotation of crops is essential to help reduce the build-up of pests and diseases and it demonstrates a general concern for the maintenance of soil fertility. a. Good crop and field hygiene, promoting crop health by maximising nutrient availability through soil analysis and accurate application to avoid excess nutrient application. All crop residues from previous celery crop should be thoroughly destroyed or ploughed-in as soon as cropping is complete A minimum of two years break between celery crops should be adopted to help reduce the carry-over of Septoria spores. b. Utilise irrigation as a control measure wherever appropriate and feasible, for example for control of cutworms Soil fumigation If soil fumigation is thought necessary, it should now be limited to the use of Basamid (dazomet) for operator safety reasons. c. Enable biological and natural methods of pest control to flourish in the crop environment. Field margins can provide a reservoir of insect predators, including ladybird larvae, hoverflies, ground beetles etc. Care CROP ROTATION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONTAMINATION CONTROL Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 should be taken to avoid spray drift from the crop into these areas d. The use of pest monitoring and forecasting techniques should be adopted where possible as an adjunct to crop inspection. Corrective action If good management and planning and cultural preventative techniques fail to prevent or control pests, the following approach should be adopted: n Where corrective action is required, additional biological and natural methods of pest and disease control (if available) should be considered first. n If chemical control is needed, the following points should be considered, whilst ensuring effective control is achieved: n Use the least toxic and persistent product. n Use the most selective product to reduce the impact on naturally occurring beneficial organisms. n Use minimum effective dose rate. n Use appropriate application methods with effectively maintained equipment, and spot-treating wherever possible. n Exceeding the recommended dose rate is wasteful, gives no benefit in terms of control, and is also illegal under Plant Protection Product Legislation. Celery plants are at greater risk when they are small as fewer larvae are needed to cause wilting and yellowing of leaves. Larger plants can withstand bigger populations of larvae and can grow away from damage without visible symptoms. Cultural control: Regular monitoring of carrot fly activity is essential and orange sticky traps are available for this purpose. They do not indicate absolute levels of the pest so no thresholds have been set. They do however need an experienced entomologist to identify the catches. Good crop rotation and, if possible, siting crops away from previous celery or carrot crops, will help to delay the build-up of large populations. Carrot flies do not fly large distances and it takes 2-3 years for a damaging population to establish. Carrot flies spend much time in vegetation around the edges of fields so keeping hedgerows well-trimmed reduces shelter areas available to them. When no crop exists, the flies can complete their life cycles on hedgerow umbellifers so regular crops of carrots or celery in one area will usually lead to a population reaching pest status. Crops planted after June are at less risk from attack than the early crops. No data yet exists on resistant celery varieties. Chemical control: PEST, DISEASE AND WEED CONTROL If planting in a high risk area before July it is advisable to apply foliar sprays containing lambda-cyhalothrin based on monitoring adult fly activity using sticky traps. PEST CONTROL Once damage is identified it is too late to restore effective control. Carrot Fly (Psila rosae) Carrot fly is a sporadic pest of celery but, in areas where celery and carrots are grown intensively, a population of flies will usually establish within 2-3 years and thereafter infestation will become regular and maybe heavy. The fly has two full generations a year; adults for the first generation emerge from the soil at the end of April. Eggs are laid in the soil around young plants during May and June from which larvae hatch and bore into the roots and crown bases of the plants. By mid-July few first generation adults remain. A second generation of adults emerges during August and egg laying extends through until September. Damage from the second generation is not generally as serious as that from the first because the period of adult emergence is protracted, giving a lower population to lay eggs at any one time. There may be a partial third generation especially in East Anglia if it has been a warm summer. Protected crops: No treatment should be necessary for this pest, as early crops are usually ready for harvest before the first generation develops. Carrot willow aphid (Cavariella aegopodii) This pest overwinters as an egg on the bark of willow trees and hatches out in a winged form to infest carrot, celery and parsnip crops during May. Peak infestation lasts until early July when another winged generation emerges to re-infest willows and hedgerow umbellifers. This aphid can build up quickly within the young leaves in the heart of celery plants, it can also cause significant damage in areas where celery and carrots are grown intensively by transmitting carrot motley dwarf virus, it can also transmit celery mosiac virus. Control measures should be instigated immediately the pest is seen during regular crop inspections. Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 4 Cultural control: As it is not possible to eliminate the aphids alternative host plants, no practical cultural methods are suitable. Hover fly and ladybird larvae can eat large numbers of aphids and their presence is to be encouraged. Crop covers of either fleece or mesh can provide a good level of control. Chemical control: A number of materials are effective against aphids. Products containing pirimicarb or pymetrozine are specific to aphids and will not harm beneficial insects. Protected crops: Frequent crop inspections are essential as this species and other aphids are often common in glasshouses and can infest a crop of celery or celery transplants. Peach - Potato aphid (Myzus persicae) The winter host is peach Prunus persica, which is confined to relatively small numbers in the UK. So although some may over-winter as eggs on peach, overwintering is usually in the mobile stages on herbaceous plants, weeds and brassicas. Winged forms start to migrate from winter hosts from late April to June; however for celery it is often redistribution from other major hosts such as potato, sugar beet, lettuce or brassicas later in the season which can affect the crop. It tends to become established on the older outer leaves of the crop. This aphid transmits a number of important viruses. Cultural control: As it is not possible to eliminate the aphids alternative host plants, no practical cultural methods are suitable. Hover fly and ladybird larvae can eat large numbers of aphids and their presence is to be encouraged. Chemical control: A number of materials are effective against aphids. Products containing pirimicarb or pymetrozine are specific to aphids and will not harm beneficial insects. It should be noted however, that peach potato aphid exhibit resistance to pirimicarb and it is unlikely to be effective in controlling them, pymetrozine is likely to more effective. Protected crops: Frequent crop inspections are essential as this species and other aphids are often common in glasshouses and can infest a crop of celery or celery transplants. Caterpillars Caterpillars, with the exception of the silver-y-moth Autographa gamma rarely reach sufficient numbers 5 to assume pest status in celery. The silver-y-moth can however cause considerable damage to celery, including petiole holing. Cultural control: Monitoring of adult moth numbers of the silver-y-moth using pheromone traps will help indicate when heavy attacks are probable. Chemical control: Regular crop inspection will usually identify any infestation by caterpillars. A pyrethroid spray product will control most caterpillars. Celery fly/celery leaf miner (Euleia heraclei) The larvae of these flies feed between the upper and lower leaf surfaces causing transparent mined areas to develop. Damage can be most severe when the plants are small and can occur any time between May to October. As this is only a sporadic pest no control measures should be taken unless severe damage is seen during regular crop inspections. Cultural control: Little can be advised to minimise the chance of attack from this pest. Chemical control: At first signs of mining of the leaves apply a pyrethroid product, this should help control adults. Protected crops: No treatment is usually needed for this pest as early crops are usually ready for harvest before the first generation develops. Cutworms These pests are the caterpillars of several species of noctuid moths, the most common being the turnip moth (Agrotis segetum). The young caterpillars hatch in June and July, feed on the foliage for up to a week and then descend to the soil to feed on the underground parts of the plant. Cutworm attacks are most severe in hot dry summers. Routine treatment is not required. Cultural control: Young cutworm caterpillars are easily drowned so heavy rain effectively controls some attacks. In dry weather, regular irrigation, essential for good celery crops, is effective in reducing damage especially when used in conjunction with trapping. Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 Avoid planting celery into land which has previously been left very weedy as the moths are attracted to the dense cover to lay eggs. Chemical control: There are no longer any products approved for cutworm control in celery, pyrethroid sprays, as applied for caterpillars will give incidental control of young foliar feeding cutworm larvae. Protected crops: The life cycle of cutworms should not coincide with the protected crop. Slugs Due to mild winters, slugs have become an increasingly important pest of celery as the start to infest the crop soon after planting out, therefore early control is essential. They thrive in soil which is wet from high rainfall or irrigation. Cultural control: Large amounts of weed or debris from the previous crop will encourage slugs to breed leading to large population increases therefore do not allow decaying vegetation to accumulate. Slugs tend to live in hedgerows and migrate into crops at night so it is advisable to leave a good strip of fallow weed free land between the hedge and crop. Trapping systems do exist but they are suitable for small scale uses only. Biological control methods are being investigated at present but are not as yet sufficiently developed for commercial use. Chemical control: Slug pellets containing metaldehyde, or ferric phosphate are effective. Most are bran-based, but in very wet seasons pellets based on pasta wheat may last longer. Entomopathogenic nematodes such as Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita can provide useful control, they need to be applied when the foliage is wet and will stay wet for long enough for the nematodes to travel into the soil and disperse. In the first instance, if monitoring is good enough, only the fallow strip around the edge of the field should need treatment. This is important in celery because broadcasted pellets can lodge between the leaf stems of the crop causing contamination. This is not acceptable even if the harvest interval is adhered to. Equipment is available to apply pellets as a band between rows which should be considered after planting to reduce the risk of pellets lodging in the foliage. “Get Pelletwise” is the campaign of the metaldehyde stewardship group which was formed in response to the finding of metaldehyde in drinking water. Guidelines on maximum and total application rates can be found at www.getpelletwise.co.uk. DISEASE CONTROL Leaf spot /Late blight (Septoria apiicola) This is the most serious disease of celery. The fungus causes brown rusty spots on, first the leaves, and then, spreading to leaf stems of the plants. The lesions develop tiny black specks of pycnidia in the centres which can be easily seen with a lens. Initially the disease is seedborne and all seed should have been treated by thiram or hot water soaking. It may subsequently spread from plant to plant in the field. It also spreads from isolated plants by water or rain splash, particularly in cool damp weather. It can also be spread by infected soil being transferred on boots and farm equipment. Cultural control: A break of at least two years from a previous crop is essential to ensure minimal carryover of spores to another crop. Regular crop walking by someone trained in identification will enable early diagnosis. Hand rogueing may help contain the disease in its early stages if the weather is not too wet. Chemical control: To minimize the likely onset of disease in areas where it is known to be widespread, a protective programme of sprays is required, currently applications based on copper oxychloride, cyprodinil plus fludioxonil azoxystrobin and difenconazole are approved. Protected crops: Control of leaf spot can be a problem in early crops due to the damp conditions, lack of air movement within the glasshouse, low light level and short day lengths. Frequent crop inspections should be made and any disease treated as early as possible to avoid rapid spread. Protective sprays should be applied to transplants destined for planting outside. OTHER DISEASES Sclerotinia can build up in soils where celery, lettuce or carrots are cropped regularly. Fungicides applied for the control of septoria such as azoxystrobin or cyprodinil plus fludioxonil may give some suppression of this disease. Consideration should be given that there may be other susceptible crops in the rotation, as wide a gap as possible between susceptible crops is desirable. Botrytis rarely infects celery. Treatments for leaf spot should also help control Botrytis. Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 6 Seedling diseases, such as damping-off, can be a problem and good nursery hygiene is paramount. APPROVED USES NOT INCLUDED ON THE PRODUCT LABEL For carrot motley dwarf virus control measures see the heading ‘carrot willow aphid’. In many circumstances, particularly for minor crops, product labels do not include all of the approved uses and growers wishing to check the approval notice of a particular product should note that this information is available using the LIAISON® search accessible via their Red Tractor Farm Assurance home page after logging in. Protected crops: Botrytis is much more common in protected crops than outdoors so any infestation should be diagnosed and treated early. Bacterial rots can be a problem especially after irrigation, when the foliage is wet. It is important to ensure the foliage is dried off quickly after irrigation by ventilating if conditions permit. However, conditions in early spring sometimes preclude these measures being taken. Products containing copper oxychloride or cupric ammonium carbonate, together with their protectant qualities against Botrytis and leaf spot, are claimed to have some activity on bacteria and may help to minimise bacterial rotting. NB: Copper products can leave a blue residue in the leaf bases even after the harvest interval has been observed. WEED CONTROL Cultural The usual good husbandry practices such as rotation and stale seedbed should be observed to ensure that as few weed seeds as possible remain in the soil at planting. Use of contact herbicides prior to planting the crop will minimise risk of residues and may reduce the need for herbicide use later in the crop life. Mechanical methods of weed control such as tractor-mounted or hand hoeing should be used wherever practical as such methods reduce chemical usage in the crop. Herbicides Pre-emergence or pre-planting herbicides containing pendimethalin will help delay weed emergence. Approved products to use post-planting in celery are currently very restrictive although there is an EAMU for linuron it has a PHI of 60 days. There are currently no label approved post-planting herbicides for celery. Other materials with SOLAs (now known as Extension of Authorisation for minor use in the UK) are available but these should be used with great care as they all have the potential to cause crop damage. 7 A search on the ‘Off-Label Approvals’ page of LIAISON® by crop or product name should yield a results page. A click on the product name should link to a summary of the approval information. Near the bottom of the summary is the off-label number (e.g. 0246/09) and this link will open up a pdf of the current EAMU document giving details of the extension of use. NUTRITION A soil analysis for phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and pH is essential prior to deciding on the composition and quantity of base fertiliser to apply. Use the minimum rates possible, based on ADAS soil indices, to bring the soil to a level considered to be suitable for a celery crop. Typical major nutrient requirements are listed in the Appendix and the figures are expressed in kilograms of plant nutrients per hectare. Celery is not particularly responsive to nitrogen until the crop has established, usually after about a month, so minimal nitrogen levels are needed in the base dressing. Top dressings can subsequently be used as needed, reducing the risk of leaching. Nitrogen fertilisation is now requiring greater sophistication to address the concerns of run-off and leaching into watercourses, and to minimise nitrate levels in the harvested crop. Techniques are available to establish nitrate levels in soil and leaves but, as levels of available nitrate can change rapidly due to environmental conditions, no absolute thresholds for treatment have yet been established. Regular use of such analysis on a field-by-field basis by an experienced agronomist will however enable more accurate decisions to be taken on rates of nitrogen to be applied. Timing of the application of organic FYM, where used, should be carefully considered as nitrate release can be unpredictable and may lead to excessive crop uptake or leaching through the soil. FYM should not be applied in the autumn. FYM should not be applied to glasshouse soils. Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 RESIDUES AND CONTAMINANTS Red Tractor Farm Assurance Fresh Produce is aware that a key area in the production of fresh produce which requires continued attention by growers and their advisers is that of keeping pesticide residues to a minimum. This issue is not just one of meeting the MRL trading standard but ensuring that any individual or multi residues are kept as low as possible below this level. The key targets are: n Optimising late applications of fungicides insecticides to the edible part of the crop n Optimising and the use of post-harvest treatments n Ensuring that at the least, minimum harvest intervals are followed and where possible maximised n Ensuring that application equipment is applying products correctly See Appendix for the pesticide targets and guidelines on celery. APPENDIX 1: TYPICAL NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CELERY – REF RB209 8TH EDITION Nutrient (kg/ha) Nitrogen (N)– Seedbed Soil SNS, P, K, Mg Index 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 75 75 75 75 0a 0a 0a See note b below Nitrogen (N)– Top-dressing Phosphate (P205) 250 200 150 100 50 0 0 Potash (K20) 450 400 350 (2-) 300 (2+) 210 50 0 0 Magnesium (Mg0) 150 100 0 0 0 0 0 Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 8 APPENDIX 2: GUIDELINES FOR MINIMISING PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN CELERY These guidelines have been produced after consultation between crop stakeholders and the RT Fresh Produce crop author. They will be developed over the coming seasons as knowledge on minimising residues develops. Growers should consult with their crop protection adviser to ensure other best practices are not compromised before considering these guidelines. The table below lists the active ingredients that may give rise to crop residues and details potential alternative strategies. Active Ingredient Target: pest, weed, disease Current position Suggested guidelines for both active ingredients: azoxystrobin difenconazole Leaf spot 14 day PHI (Septoria apiicola) 14 day PHI 1.Two year break between celery crops. Carry-over of disease can be considerable if cropped with celery annually cyprodinil + fludioxonil 14 day PHI 2.Ensure all seed purchased is treated with an approved fungicide 3.Check propagators annually for cultural techniques. Seed must be treated and propagation facilities clean 4.Alternate Amistar (azoxystrobin) with Plover (difenconazole) and Switch (cyprodinil+fludioxonil) in any protectant fungicide programme 5.Increase difenconazole PHI by up to a further 7 days to allow for continued degradation of active ingredients See guidelines below Introduction: UK grown celery is supplied to the markets from June to November from crops transplanted between March and July. Outside these times crop is generally imported from Southern Europe, principally Spain. Routine pesticide residue testing of these crops has shown regular incidences difenconazole residues, albeit well below its MRL of 5.0mg/kg. Occasional low level occurrence of azoxystrobin have also been detected, but again well below the mrl of 5.0mg/kg Difenconazole is used to control leaf spot (Septoria apiicola). It has a PHI of 14 days and only one application is permitted. The disease is believed to be initially seed borne with spread in the glasshouse or field by water splash and on debris from previous crops if rotation is not practiced correctly. Possible actions to reduce residues: Pesticide residues of difenconazole occasionally occur in crops as it is relatively persistent. In order to minimise the levels of this compound in celery guidelines are recommended, in the table above, if it is considered possible to do so without compromising crop quality: Notes: Items 1-3 listed in the table above will all help to ensure that the crop is exposed to the minimum level of disease. Regular inspections of the crop will indicate the level of control needed. Items 4-5 listed in the table above should effectively lower levels of difenconazole and azoxystrobin in the crop. They should only be undertaken by growers using the services of an agronomist experienced in the crop. N.B. If fungicide applications are deemed necessary, it is not advisable to reduce application rates to lower potential residue levels. This is because if the disease is exposed to lower levels of the active ingredients then the potential survival of a larger number of disease organisms could lead to greater mutation levels leading to the possible build-up of resistance to the fungicides. 9 Red Tractor Assurance for Farms – Crop-specific Module: Celery © AFS 2016: version 3.2 Certification Bodies Your routine point of contact with the Scheme is through your Certification Body. Certification Bodies are licensed by Red Tractor to manage membership applications and to carry out assessment and certification against the Standards. The table below shows which Certification Bodies apply to each enterprise. Certification Body NSF SAI Global Acoura Beef and Lamb Dairy Combinable Crops and Sugar Beet Fresh Produce Pigs Poultry 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 NIFCC (Northern Ireland) 4 QWFC (Wales) 4 4 NSF Certification Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford OX29 8SJ Tel: 01993 885739 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nsf-foodeurope.com SAI Global Assurance Services Ltd PO Box 6236, Milton Keynes MK1 9ES Tel: 01908 249973 Email: [email protected] Web: www.saiglobal.com/assurance Acoura 6 Redheughs Rigg, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland EH12 9DQ Tel: 0131 335 6600 Email: [email protected] Web: www.acoura.com NIFCC [Northern Ireland] Lissue House, 31 Ballinderry Rd, Lisburn, Northern Ireland BT28 2SL Tel: 028 9263 3017 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nifcc.co.uk QWFC QWFC [Wales] PO Box 8, Gorseland, North Road, Aberystwyth SY23 2WB Tel: 01970 636688 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wlbp.co.uk T: 01932 589 800 E: [email protected] www.redtractorassurance.org.uk Fresh Produce Standards