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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sandra Laville

Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

Tractor spraying field
More than 60% of the most critical pollution incidents occurred on Red Tractor farms, according to an Environment Agency report. Photograph: MediaWorldImages/Alamy

The UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Britain’s biggest farm assurance scheme misled the public in a TV ad about its environmental standards.

The Red Tractor scheme, used by leading supermarkets including Tesco, Asda and Morrisons to assure customers their food meets high standards for welfare, environment, traceability and safety, is the biggest and perhaps best known assurance system in Britain.

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