Food Quality & Safety
The key to our success is delivering consistently safe and healthy food. V. Marchese works to keep produce crisp and fresh, maintain a clean warehouse, and follow standard safety protocols.
V. Marchese exceeds industry-standard food safety benchmarks. Some of the major components of our Food Safety Program include:
- Careful inspection and high standards before accepting delivery of raw produce.
- HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) food safety program.
- Professional Quality Assurance specialists.
- Third-party auditing by Primus Labs, GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) Certified.
- FDA and USDA inspected warehouse.
- Rigorous monitoring and maintenance of the cold chain.
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices).
- Supply chain is traceable back to ½ acre in a grower’s field.
- Detailed tracking records provide us with full recall capability.
- Local growers are GAP-certified.
- Complete record keeping system.
- Security sealed trucks, driven by V. Marchese employees.
- Secure facility, with swipe card authorized access, and multiple security cameras located throughout the facility and grounds.
