International Agriculture Firm H.J. Baker Receives Prestigious Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification For Poultry Facilities

WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT USA (PRWEB) May 28, 2013

International agriculture firm H. J. Baker, today announced their poultry feed additive facilities in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sanford, North Carolina and Westville, Oklahoma have earned the prestigious Safe Feed/Safe Food certification.

Mark Hohnbaum, President of H.J. Bakers Feed Products Group said: We are very pleased to receive this certification. We have worked hard to ensure each of our poultry feed ingredient manufacturing facilities meets the rigorous standards set by the Safe Feed/Safe Food program. H.J. Baker is committed to delivering the best product possible. It is important our customers know that we dont just meet FDA guidelines we exceed them and this certification demonstrates that commitment.

The Safe Feed/Safe Food 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 establishes comprehensive standards of excellence that go beyond existing regulations to show leadership and maximize food and feed safety. The Safe Feed/Safe Food program is administered by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).

Joel G. Newman, AFIA president and chief executive officer, said, H.J. Baker should be commended for showing leadership in this important program. The employees have gone the extra mile to demonstrate a strong commitment to food safety and offer reasons to their customers and consumers for increased confidence in the products they provide. The companies participating in Safe Feed/Safe Food are making outstanding efforts.

AFIAs Safe Feed/Safe 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 pro-active leadership. It signifies that qualifying companies have embraced the feed industrys 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 they are aggressively practicing risk reduction.

H.J. Bakers Fort Smith, Sanford and Westville facilities manufacture feed ingredients for poultry including industry leading PRO-PAK