Global agriculture firm H.J. Baker & Bro. Inc. (HJBB) says that all of its North American poultry and dairy feed additive manufacturing facilities recently earned the prestigious “Safe Feed/Safe Food” certification.
The certification program is a voluntary, third-party-certified initiative designed for feed mills and feed ingredient-related facilities in the United States, Mexico and Canada.The program, administered by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), establishes comprehensive standards of excellence that go beyond existing regulations to show leadership and maximize food and feed safety.
AFIA’s certification program is open to livestock feed and pet food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, integrated producers, meat processors, feed purchasers, livestock producers, renderers and others who want to validate a commitment to food safety through proactive leadership.
It signifies that qualifying companies have embraced the feed industry’s role in creating feed-based safety programs; they are doing their part to reduce food safety risks; they are participating in an approved risk-management program and are aggressively practicing risk reduction.
HJBB North American facilities certified include Sanford, North Carolina; Albertville, Alabama; Forest, Mississippi; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Trawick, Texas; and Westville, Oklahoma. PD
—From H.J. Baker & Bro. Inc. news release
