While most NI dairy farmers are in the Red Tractor scheme (the UK equivalent of Bord Bia QA), many suppliers to Lakeland have kept their heads down and managed to avoid those additional inspections. However, I hear a letter will soon be arriving, on headed Lakeland paper, informing suppliers they must join the scheme. The end of the year is a possible deadline, and those not in Red Tractor (or well through the process) could face price penalties in 2020.