BRC - British Retail Consortium (Version 5) – 2 Day Audit

The British Retail Consortium developed and introduced the BRC Food Technical Standard in 1998 to be used to assess manufacturers of own label products for retailers.  Before too long, this standard was adopted by many other organizations in the sector and became a symbol of best practice in the food industry. We annually have BRC verification at the end of February each year

Assured Chicken Production Standards

Assured Chicken Production (ACP) is an industry-wide initiative that addresses all the important issues concerning the production of chicken. It is an independently assessed assurance scheme designed to deliver confidence to the consumer. Standards have been written to include best practice in food safety, bird health, nutrition, welfare and trace ability to achieve high levels of food safety and environmental care. The standards are validated annually by CMI, (Oxford) at the beginning of April each year.

Red Tractor

Assured Food Standards (AFS) is the independent organization set up to manage the Red Tractor mark. The Assured Chicken Production scheme (ACP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of AFS for the production of assured chicken. AFS define the standards for (ACP) and license Highbury annually at the beginning of April each year.

The UK Halal Corporation Ltd Standards

The UK Halal Corporation Ltd are a body who annually assess our chicken processing facility to ensure that our products conform to Islamic Shariah law and can be certified Halal.  Part of this process involves them auditing our slaughtering methods with the Zibah method, to ensure that they meet the same requirements. The certification approval is assessed annually at the beginning of December.