T hese are AIC ' s Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops , Duck Assurance Scheme , Farm Assured Welsh Livestock , Laid in Britain , Red Tractor Farm Assurance , Quality British Turkey and Scottish Quality Crops . Formally under the Biocidal Product Regulation *, this means farmers presenting their membership document at sales outlets will continue to be able to purchase stewardship-label rodenticides .
Since the regime ' s introduction in mid-2016 , members of these seven and three more assurance schemes have been considered stewardship-compliant . This transitional arrangement ends on
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31 December .
The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use ( CRRU ) UK , responsible to the Health and Safety Executive for the regime ' s implementation , is working with those three assurance schemes to bring standards into line with 2018 requirements . The three are Lion Eggs , Quality Meat Scotland , and Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assurance Scheme .
Until such compliance is confirmed , there is no certainty that membership will continue to provide proof of competence for purchase of professional rodenticides . As schemes do gain 2018 compliance , the list will be updated and re-issued by CRRU UK .
* BPR , Regulation ( EU ) 528 / 2012 .
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D avid Butler admitted four counts of unlicensed movement of cattle between holdings along the East-West Sussex border after animals in his herd were identified as being at risk of carrying bovine tuberculosis . He also admitted failing to isolate at-risk animals as required by notices issued by the government ’ s Animal and Plant Health Agency and failing to cleanse and disinfect his dairy farm in order to restrict the spread of disease .
The defendant , trading as FJ Butler & Sons from Heaven Farm , Danehill , near Uckfield , pleaded guilty to one additional charge of animal neglect through inadequate feeding .
In a hearing at Brighton Magistrates ’ Court on Monday , March 20 2017 , the 59-year-old was fined £ 11,250 and ordered to pay court costs of £ 9,300 and a victim surcharge of £ 112.50 .
The court heard Butler had moved cattle without a licence between farms in East Sussex – a high-risk area for bovine TB – and West Sussex , where the risk is classed as low .
He had ignored an official warning about non-compliance with TB legislation issued in 2015 by East Sussex Trading Standards , which brought the prosecution against him .
Cllr Chris Dowling , East Sussex County Council lead member for
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community services , said : “ Bovine tuberculosis is a disease which can wreak havoc upon the farming community .
“ As a member of a longestablished farming family , Mr Butler knows that farmers in highrisk areas face extra costs due to the more stringent testing of cattle they have to do .
The court heard Butler had moved cattle without a licence between farms in East Sussex – a high-risk area for bovine TB – and West Sussex , where the risk is classed as low .
“ If the disease develops , it can also cause untold stress and worry for other farmers who may end up having to send many of their animals to slaughter .
“ By flagrantly breaching laws designed to contain TB and prevent its spread , Mr Butler acted incredibly irresponsibly and put the livelihoods of other farmers at risk .”
In high-risk areas such as East Sussex , cattle farmers are required to carry out annual tests to determine if any of their cattle are ‘ reactor ’ animals – those which a blood test reveals are at risk of developing TB .
Farms where reactors are present are required to isolate those animals from the rest of the herd , and need to obtain a licence to transport any of their cattle .
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