Grain assurance guide · Sources checked October 2026
TASCC audit checklist and requirements
A TASCC audit checklist lists what a grain merchant, store, haulier or testing facility should have ready before its annual audit against the TASCC Standard 2024, the Agricultural Industries Confederation’s (AIC) Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops, which covers trading, storing, hauling and testing combinable crops and animal feed: a HACCP study, records kept for at least three years, approved suppliers, and a traceability exercise and recall test at least every 12 months. TASCC certificates last three years.
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TASCC requirements: how the scheme works
Who runs TASCC, who certifies it and how audits run
From AIC’s TASCC page and the TASCC 2024 Scheme Rules. Section numbers are given so you can check the wording yourself.
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| Point | What AIC’s TASCC documents say (paraphrased) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A voluntary scheme developed, owned and run by AIC. It aims to protect farm assurance between the farm gate and delivery to the first processor, and to check the trade meets food and feed law. It is a product certification scheme delivered by a certification body accredited to ISO/IEC 17065 | TASCC 2024 Scheme Rules, section 1, checked October 2026 |
| Who certifies | AIC’s TASCC page says Kiwa Agri Food certifies TASCC on AIC’s behalf. The rules let a participant choose an approved Inspection Body for the on-site audit instead | AIC: TASCC and Scheme Rules, section 1, checked October 2026 |
| Who it is for | Road hauliers, stores, testing facilities and merchants of combinable crops and animal feeds. AIC’s page says it covers trading combinable crops for food, feed and biofuel, trading compound feed and feed materials, and transport and storage | AIC: TASCC, checked October 2026 |
| Current standard | TASCC Standard 2024, in force from 1 October 2024, with a separate Haulage edition. AIC’s scheme page also refers to a joint development of the UFAS, TASCC and FEMAS standards, with implementation in 2027 | AIC: TASCC, checked October 2026 |
| Audit frequency | A routine audit every year. A short-notice audit at least once per three-year certificate applies to storage, merchanting and testing linked to storage. Hauliers may get spot audits at mills, maltings and ports covering paperwork and vehicle hygiene. Extra audits are at the certification body’s discretion | TASCC 2024 Scheme Rules, section 5, checked October 2026 |
| Certificate cycle | Certificates last three years and expire on 31 March within the scheme’s three-year cycle. The rules give the next dates as 31 March 2027 and 31 March 2030 | TASCC 2024 Scheme Rules, section 3, checked October 2026 |
| Non-conformances | Graded critical, major or minor. Corrective action is due within 15 days for a major and 30 days for a minor, typically completed within 60 days. A critical at a routine audit suspends certification at once | TASCC 2024 Scheme Rules, section 6, checked October 2026 |
Sources checked October 2026. Scheme standards and legislation change: open the linked source before relying on any row. This page is general information, not legal advice, and it cannot tell you whether you will pass an audit: your certification body decides conformity, and your local authority enforces feed law.
TASCC audit preparation
TASCC audit checklist: a preparation list by section
A preparation aid, not the official checklist. This is our reading of the TASCC 2024 section headings, to help you prepare. AIC publishes its own TASCC checklists, forms and templates on its TASCC page: use those for the official wording. Only your certification body decides whether you conform.
Source: TASCC Scheme Rules and Standard 2024, checked October 2026. For grain storage and traceability records, read feed hygiene record keeping requirements.
- General: current scheme documents, and audits against the General section plus every section in your scope (G1).
- Management: a policy statement and a management review at least every 12 months, a designated person and an organisation chart (G2 to G5).
- Training: competence and training recorded and reviewed (G6).
- Documents and records: controlled documents, and records kept for at least three years (G7, G8).
- Law: a documented review of relevant food and feed legislation at least every 12 months (G9).
- HACCP: a formal HACCP study with a validated process flow (G18).
- Traceability: special-status crops kept apart (for example assured or non-assured, GM or non-GM), and a traceability exercise at least every 12 months (G19).
- Internal audit: every relevant activity audited at least once every 12 months (G21).
- Haulage: vehicle inventory, excluded and sensitive loads, cleaning, records of previous loads, and the combinable crops passport travelling with the load (H1 to H20).
- Merchants: contract confirmations, supplier approval, sampling, non-conforming product and a recall or withdrawal test at least every 12 months (M1 to M20).
- Storage: store approval, cleaning, intake, monitoring of crops in store, calibration, treatments and pest control (S1 to S23).
- Testing: facilities, methods, recorded results, internal quality control and proficiency tests (Testing section).
TASCC audit preparation: worked example (fictional)
Preparing a grain store and merchant for audit
A fictional business, for illustration only. It is not advice on what your certification needs, and following it does not mean you will pass.
1
List the scope
Example Grain Trading Ltd, a fictional merchant with one central store and subcontracted haulage, lists the General, Merchants and Storage sections as in scope.
2
Check the passports
The store manager checks that each farm-collected load in a sample month has a completed passport and that intake records match it.
3
Review store monitoring
Temperature and pest records for each bin are checked for gaps, with calibration certificates for the probes.
4
Run the traceability exercise
One outgoing load is traced back to the farms that supplied it and forward to the customer, and the result is recorded.
5
Act on gaps
A missing haulier approval is chased and the legislation review is added to the next management review.
Related guides
Where to read next
TASCC dovetails with AIC’s feed schemes.
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FAQ
Common questions
What does TASCC stand for?
Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops. It is run by the Agricultural Industries Confederation and covers trading, storing, hauling and testing combinable crops and animal feed.
How often are TASCC audits?
The TASCC 2024 Scheme Rules set a routine audit every year, with short-notice audits for storage, merchanting and testing linked to storage, spot audits for hauliers, and extra audits at the certification body’s discretion.
Is this the official TASCC checklist?
No. It is a preparation aid based on the section headings of the standard. AIC publishes its own TASCC checklists, and only the certification body decides whether you conform.
How long must TASCC records be kept?
The TASCC 2024 General section on records says relevant records are kept for at least three years. Legislation or customers may require longer.
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