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Livestock Market Certification
Following a market inspection, the report is reviewed by a certification officer at NIFCC to ensure that the market meets the required standards for the ABM Livestock Market Scheme. If the market is a new applicant, they must be fully compliant with the scheme standard prior to their acceptance within the scheme.
Each market is informed in writing of the outcome of their inspection. If non-conformances exist, a time-scale for rectification will be set to allow the market sufficient time to carry out the remedial action.
One of the first marts to be approved into the scheme was Markethill Livestock and Farm Sales. Commenting on the development, Noel Lavery, NIFCC Operations Manager, congratulated the Markethill team and added ‘We are delighted with the positive response from the livestock markets in implementing the assurance standard and recognising its importance for their business. The whole process has gone remarkably smoothly which is a measure of the high standards to which the marts operate.’ Noel Lavery also took the opportunity to thank Hampton Hewitt for providing his market facilities for use during staff training.
The photograph shows Hampton Hewitt, owner of Markethill Livestock and Farm Sales, receiving the mart’s ABM Market Scheme certificate from Noel Lavery, NIFCC Operations Manager and Linda Dougan, LMC FQAS Liaison Officer, looking on are Markethill staff Davey Roulston (far left), Market Manager and Stephen Keys, Quality Manager.