Village Farms Salutes Texas Facility Accomplishment Employees Effort Achieve Perfect Scores during Recent GAP Audit
For Immediate Release:
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Contact:
Helen Aquino
732-676-3003
Its not every day GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) auditors award facilities 100% in all categorizes during Food Safety audits. Village Farms Employees are happy to know their hard work and effort have paid off in achieving such an unprecedented outcome for their industry. During a recent GAP audit perfect scores were achieved in all areas of food safety and employee safety inspections.
GAP is voluntary guidelines established to ensure a clean and safe working environment for all employees while eliminating the potential for contamination of food products. Modeled after the FDA’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), the program uses the Primus Lab format and third party auditors.
According to Village Farms’ CEO, Mike DeGiglio, "It is extremely important that Village Farms operate at the pinnacle of food safety standards in this industry. In these very competitive times having the highest scores, which we publish and communicate to the industry, goes a long way in differentiating our brand and is a very important selling point for our sales and marketing team."
About Village Farms:
Village Farms is North America’s premier grower of sale and clean hydroponic produce. We are proud to have recorded some of the highest Primus Food Safety scores in the industry. Our Hydroperfect ® growing methods achieves the greatest yields without the use of artificial lighting. Environmental stewardship values such as water conservation, soil preservation, minimizing our carbon footprint, employing an Integrated Pest Management, and using an intensive growing method are all paramount to our company. Village Farms proves what’s good for the earth is also good for business.