Assured Food Standards
Assured Food Standards is a United Kingdom company which licenses the Red Tractor quality mark, a farm assurance programme for food products, animal feed and fertiliser. Multiple cases of animal abuse have been reported on Red Tractor assured farms.
| Formation | 13 June 2000 |
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| Legal status | Non-profit company |
| Purpose | Food production standards |
Region served | England, Northern Ireland and Wales |
Membership | Food producers, processors, contract caterers, wholesalers, food service and 78,000 farmers |
Chief Executive | Jim Moseley |
Main organ | AFS board (Chairman - Christine Tacon ) |
Parent organization | NFU |
| Affiliations | Ulster Farmers' Union, AHDB, Dairy UK, British Retail Consortium, Food and Drink Federation |
| Website | http://www.redtractor.org.uk |
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