Committed to Food Safety

River Ranch is one of the original signatories of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement and the Arizona Leafy Green Products Shipper Marketing Agreement.

Stringent safety protocols, traceability and independent testing ensure the highest levels of food safety and freshness.

Safety Components

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
• Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Standard Operating Procedures documented
• Documentation of all CPs and CCPs
• Corrective Actions
• Ongoing Training/Education
• Microbiological Testing
• ATP Monitoring
• Complete Traceability from Field to Customer

Audits

• Third Party, Internal Audits and Customer
• Ranch Production and Ranch Risk Audit
• Outside Suppliers
• Processing Operations
• Docks and Cooling
• Harvesting Crews, Processing Operations, Docks and Cooling
• Unannounced Regulatory
• LGMA Audits by CDFA
• Per Field/Lot
• Pre–Season
• Pre–Harvest (1–7 days prior)
• Harvest (morning of)

Food Safety Process

• Grower Approval Process
• Pre–Season Ranch Risk Assessment
• Pre–Harvest Approval
• Good Harvesting Practices
• Irrigation System Monitoring
• Processing
• Industry GMPs
• Product Quality Checks
• Shelf–Life Evaluations
• Cold Chain Excellence
• Continuous Monitoring wash water sanitizing
• Metal Detection
• Foreign Object Removal Systems
• State–of–the–Art Detection Equipment