Fresh food requires proper handling to insure it is as safe as it is delicious. Sanitation, temperature control and potential biological and physical hazards are among the critical control points we monitor 24 hours a day, seven days a week to protect the quality and integrity of everything you purchase from Midwest. In-house and third-party auditors regularly inspect, evaluate and certify all of our operations. And, because we stand by what we sell, we carry $2 million in product liability insurance for all our customers.

We are HACCP certified

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) is a food safety program established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1998. Originally developed for astronauts and first applied commercially to meat and poultry processing plants, HACCP has since been adopted by other areas of the food industry.

According to the Food & Drug Administration, HACCP has many advantages in protecting food safety because it:

• focuses on identifying and preventing hazards from contaminating food.
• is based on sound science.
• permits more efficient and effective government oversight, primarily because the recordkeeping allows investigators to see how well a firm is complying with food safety laws over a period rather than how will it is doing on any given day.
• places responsibility for ensuring food safety appropriately on the food manufacturer or distributor.

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We are AIB International certified "Excellent"

Midwest Foods has earned an "excellent" rating on its AIB International certification. AIB International supplies audits, inspections and education to the global food industry. Their auditors are involved in every step of the food supply chain and they are invaluable resource to us in insuring our continuous commitment to handling and distributing safe, high-quality foods. AIB standards have been developed against a group of federal and internationally recognized food safety, manufacturing production and warehousing standards.

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Our growers are committed to the highest food safety standards

Each and every grower on the Midwest roster also adheres to a stringent food safety program with their own scheduled and random audits performed from the field to distribution facility. In addition to their Good Agricultural Practices, our growers also carry liability insurance for all of their products.

Safe Quality Products

- HACCP PLAN (Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points)
- Food safety awareness
- Trace-recall program
- Approved vendor program
- Quality control system
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
- GHP (Good Housekeeping Practices)
- SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures)
- 3rd party audits
- In-house inspection program
- 3-S (Solid Sanitation Standards)
- Pest control program

 Product Security/Integrity

-Inspect and detect program.
-Anti-terrorism program/policy
-Allergen program/policy.
-Approved vendor program.

Local Farms/Food Safety
APROVED VENDOR/SUPPLIER

-Annual Audits
-3rd Party Audits
-GMPS
-Security
-FDA/USDA Standards Alliance Program