{"id":11158,"date":"2026-02-10T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtdevbuild.wpengine.com\/licensing\/?page_id=11158"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:18:50","slug":"whole-supply-chain-assurance-traceability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redtractor.org.uk\/licensing\/whole-supply-chain-assurance-traceability\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole supply chain assurance & traceability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Whole supply chain assurance & traceability<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Red Tractor is a whole supply chain assurance scheme operating farm assurance schemes across six primary sectors (excluding eggs and fish), post farm-gate schemes and a licensing scheme, with eligibility criteria that applies at every key supply chain stage from farm to finished products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Whole supply chain assurance means a continuous chain with no break in the links, which is why, post farm assurance, we license most businesses wanting to make a Red Tractor product claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Licensing triggers our Traceability Challenge Programme for licensees, which gives us oversight at each key stage of the supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This enables us to verify that products carrying a Red Tractor claim have been produced to rigorous standards and are traceable back to the assured farm or farms of origin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Traceability Challenge Programme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our wholly owned and operated Traceability Challenge Programme for licensees is comprehensive and industry-leading. It verifies that the product carrying the Red Tractor claim has:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n