This scheme is designed to enable consumers to readily identify the product of farms that comply with the Associations published standards for free-range egg production.

Such farms will have been inspected by an appointed Independent Inspector to ensure that all management practices are appropriate to the concept of free-range egg production. Additionally processes will be in place to ensure that only eggs produced on an accredited farm are sold as accredited free-range eggs. This includes an audit trail for eggs delivered and bought in from other accredited farms.

Accredited farms will be entitled to use the logo of the Free Range Farmers Association and denoting genuine Free Range eggs on their cartons and packaging material. Benefit from publicity conducted by the association's promotion of the logo. For this reason only members of the Free Range Farmers Association may participate in the scheme.

The Inspector inspects the farm to the published code and form and recommends the farm with or without conditions. The Elected Committee approves the farm to the Inspectors recommendations and issues a dated certificate of currency. Where there is any difference between the Inspectors recommendations and the committee approval notice then the applicant is entitled to request a review by an independent panel drawn from other financial members having no pecuniary interest with the applicant’s produce. The independent panel’s decision is binding on all parties.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION.

1.     The farm owner must be a financial member of the Free Range Farmers Association. Inc

2.     The farm owner has read and accepts the use of logo License Agreement

3.     The housing system and the management practices of the farm must comply with the Standards for Free Range Egg Production.

4. The farm owner/operator must be prepared to show the Inspector evidence that the eggs sold from the farm as Free Range eggs have only originated from the inspected and accredited flock. This evidence should include details of flock numbers and records showing volume of egg sales. The association will maintain a register of its endorsed packaging materials, numbered accreditation labels or farm specific allocated audit trail number systems etc. The association is entitled to ask a farmer to substantiate a purchase of its endorsed packaging, labels or used trail numbers where quantities may not reconcile with last known flock size.

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