FABBL sponsor Carlisle auction mart
09/03/06

FABBL, the UK food industry’s leading inspection and certification organisation, is sponsoring a two day show and sale of cattle at the Harrison & Hetherington's Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th March.

Special prize shows & sales of Continental Cross store cattle including many animals with show potential. First day - heifers, Second day - steers.

“The Borderway Mart is an important showcase for some of the best cattle early in the year and it’s a great pleasure to be able to provide sponsorship,” says Chris Reading FABBL General Manager of Agriculture UK. “We at FABBL believe in giving the proper recognition to the best in British agriculture and the prizes we’re sponsoring at the Borderway Mart are designed to show just what UK beef producers can achieve.”

“FABBL assurance is the one guarantee of quality respected throughout the industry,” he says. “EFSIS-FABBL is the only inspection body that can give you that assurance.”

On the Friday there is a show of heifers at 9 am, followed by a sale at 10.30am. This is followed by a show of steers on the Saturday, also at 9 am, with a sale at 10.30 am. FABBL will be sponsoring both shows with prizes of free FABBL inspection for the winning animals. More than 2,200 animals are expected to be entered for this event.

“This show and sale has a national reputation for trading many high quality cattle with show ring potential, which provides an excellent opportunity for purchasers to obtain animals to go to the summer shows and national prime stock events in the autumn.  The sale also has a great selection of commercial type animals suitable for the specialist retail trade,” says David Pritchard, Operations Director of Harrison & Hetherington. “We’re very pleased to have sponsorship from FABBL for a show which is sure to bring out the best livestock on offer.”

Notes:

• EFSIS is part of SAI Global, one of the world's leading business publishing, compliance, training and assurance organisations with offices in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, and across Asia.

• EFSIS was founded in 1989 when the Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) and Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) joined forces to create a food inspection company. It became independent in 2003.

• EFSIS operates in over 70 countries world wide

• EFSIS operates from 9 offices around Europe, based in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Scandinavia, Hungary and one office in Thailand covering the Asia Pacific region

• EFSIS is currently inspecting 65 per cent of all food products worldwide, which are subject to a third party certificated supplier evaluation

• EFSIS has a client base of over 5000 food manufacturers and 25,000 farmers, across 17 different sections of the food industry from fresh produce to fish, poultry, dairy and meat

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