Our milk pool is approved by Bord Bia’s Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS), a national, independently accredited sustainability and quality assurance scheme that demonstrates the quality and sustainability of our dairy produce right back to the farm where the milk is produced. On-farm dairy audits support our priorities in traceability, environment, biodiversity, animal health and welfare.

The Bord Bia Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS) was launched by Bord Bia in December 2013 with the support of the Irish Dairy Industry. It has been developed in response to the demands of the marketplace; increasingly purchasers of Irish dairy products are requiring proof that the milk is produced sustainably on farms. It has been designed to assist in securing new and existing markets for dairy produce. The scheme ensures that the farmer’s milk production processes are assessed to ensure that they meet the highest Bord Bia standards.  

In addition the scheme has also been designed to assess and record sustainability data that can be used to demonstrate improvements at individual farm level, therefore providing the necessary proof to customers of dairy products that milk has been produced under both Sustainability and Quality Assurance criteria.