Voted National Catering Butcher of the Year 05/06, voted for by Readers of Meat & Poultry News. See www.meatmag.com for more details

EFSIS - EFSIS is the premier third party independent inspection and certification service, providing retailers, manufacturers, farmers and caterers, throughout the world, with expert inspection and certification of their operations to ensure only the highest standards are maintained. EFSIS is the preferred inspection and certification inspection service to a wide range of specifiers worldwide. www.efsis.com

NACB - Purchasing your meat and meat products from an approved NACB supplier provides a number of assurances and standards that conform with many of the highest in the world. It is the only catering butcher scheme to be part of the ABM 'farm to plate assured supply chain', delivering certified traceability. www.nacb.co.uk

HACCP - EU Regulation 852/2004 (Article 5) requires food business operators, including meat plant operators to implement and maintain hygiene procedures based on HACCP principles. This legislation replaces the Meat (HACCP) Regulations 2002. Nigel Fredericks has a fully operational HACCP plan for all stages of the business, including a fully HACCP qualified senior Operations Team.