FOOD SAFETY

Freshouse is committed to food safety.

An on-going commitment to food safety education. Each employee is trained and re-trained on our food safety policies and procedures to help establish a culture of food safety.

An environmental testing and monitoring program. In order to verify sanitation procedures, a robust environmental monitoring program has been implemented and established. Samples from food contact and non-food contact surfaces are collected from the Clean Room on a monthly basis and sent to an A2LA certified laboratory for analysis. In addition to this, ATP swabs are analyzed in-house, on a weekly basis, which allows for instant sanitation verification.

An established HACCP plan for each packing department. Each department has its own unique Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan. A HACCP team comprised of members of management meets on a monthly basis, to ensure all HACCP plans are being followed and to share any new information.

A Food Security and Defense program. In accordance with the FDA and FSIS, a Food Security and Defense program has been established to ensure the safety and security of our product at all stages of production. Each member of management receives food security training.

Third party audits. Freshouse Produce currently contracts PrimusGFS for third party auditing services. PrimusGFS is a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognized audit scheme for the certification of produce sector products.

Each lot is tagged at the farm level and tracked by our Produce Pro system. From the ground packing to storage, delivery and warehousing, to the store level.

All Fresh from the Start and private label packaging processed on-site and is labeled with a traceability number and recorded.

During the food safety audit, recall information is provided. A traceability exercise and mock recall is mandatory for the audit.