Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has appointed the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS) as the certification body to carry out assessment and certification services for all of the QMS whole of life, whole of production supply...
The AIC is to pause on-site auditing of its assurance scheme and revert to remote inspections, following the government’s recent tightening of Coronavirus restrictions. After consultation with its audit and certification bodies, the AIC has decided to pause on-site...
The AIC will start remote auditing of its assurance schemes from next week, after site visits were suspended as a COVID-19 virus control measure. Since the decision last month to suspend the auditing of all AIC trade assurance schemes, the certification bodies have...
Tim Bailey has started his new role as chief executive of the Scottish Agricultural Organisations Society. He succeeds James Graham, who has retired after 33 years with the Society, the last 21 as chief executive. It is a return to Scotland for Mr Bailey, who moved...