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- 2751 N Santa Fe Dr., Merced, CA 95348
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Richwood Meat Quality Assurance
Richwood Meat has worked hard to create the finest beef available to our customers. This is accomplished by always improving our processing facility and following the best manufacturing practices.
Our best practices include:
Requiring strict sanitation and food safety practices
Employing a highly trained and onsite Quality Assurance staff
Plant monitoring all areas of beef processing Systematic USDA inspection
Using and funding the most advanced food safety technology available
USDA Inspected Plant
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Audits
Plant Audited throughout the year with exceptional scores by third-party auditors.
GFSI recognized certification:
BRCGS is an international Food Safety Management Systems standard and is one of the GFSI recognized certification schemes which is an important consideration because many major manufacturers, marketing groups, restaurants and retailers require a GFSI recognized certification. BRCGS contains requirements for food processors to follow to build an effective food safety management system. The requirements of the standard address the key elements that must be in place to ensure production of a safe product. Richwood Meat maintains Food Defense Program to address bioterrorism and other risks of product adulteration while at the same time the plant has a 24-hour security with fenced and a patrolled perimeter. Surveillance cameras cover production and non-production areas. All employees and approved vendors are issued ID badges that must be used to gain access to the facility.
Ground Beef Safety
Richwood Meat strives to ensure ground beef safety and maximum freshness.
Safety measures include:
All raw materials are on hold prior to receiving negative lab results. Sourcing ground beef raw materials from qualified suppliers. Richwood Meat only purchases our raw materials from qualified vendors who have established one or more Critical Control Points validated to reduce or eliminate E. coli O157:H7. We mandate a Certificate of Analysis showing the Negative test results for E. coli O157:H7 is on file before ground beef production N-60 testing single bin sub lots of beef raw materials
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