Integrity & Assurance
Standards Setting Process
The purpose of the Scottish Quality Crops Assurance Scheme is to ensure that consumers and the trade have confidence in the standards of production of assured crops in Scotland.
The Scheme assists farmers to meet their obligations under the Food Safety Act 1990 and to demonstrate good practice in crop management including responsible use of fertiliser, crop protection product, growing, storage and overall farm standards.
SQC manages the standards to help growers meet market needs through a baseline set of quality standards. FIA is the independent assessor of these standards on farm and certifies the crops as assured.
The key purpose of the Committee is to oversee the SQC Standards review process (please refer to process flowchart as below).
Standards Setting Committee
The Standards Setting Committee leads on this process. Membership of the Committee is as follows:
John Hutcheson
SQC Chair
Mark McCallum
SQC Vice Chair
Teresa Dougall
SQC Managing Director
FIA representative(s)
Representative
Scottish Agronomy Representative
Representative
