| To whom it may Concern, This
letter is to assure you of the quality and organic certification of
Organic Farms organic fertilizing materials. Organic Farms has undergone
a rigorous program to achieve Organic certification from NOP and the
Leafy Green Agreement, as well as the fact that all of our standard
fertilizers are listed by ASCO as certified organic. In addition please
be aware that the five substrates which are used in the manufacture
of our constructed fertilizers are all OMRI listed and therefore any
formula that we make with these five ingredients is approved by CCOF
upon the completion of their documents. Our fertilizers are 100% comprised
of these 5 OMRI listed ingredients. These ingredients are Foster Farms
Feather meal, Foster Farms Poultry meal, Foster Farms Dehy, Great Salt
Lake Mineral SOP, and Rock Phosphate from Soda Springs. Briefly, the
processes and documentation are described below.
Scheduled Process
The proprietary process for the manufacturing of
the Dehy Manure/Organic Blended Fertilizer requires that the raw material
blend be heated in steam to a temperature not less than 200°F. After
heat treatment in the conditioner, the fertilizer is extruded through
the mill in pellet form, and immediately bulk packaged in super sacks
or loaded into enclosed bins. The temperature of the process is continuously
monitored and recorded.
Process Documentation
The system is continuously monitored by a Honeywell
recording chart. The system is equipped with an audible and visual alarm
system. The audible and visual alarm is currently set to activate at
temperatures at or below 195°F. The Honeywell daily recording chart
is the official temperature documentation for the process. Process records
will be reviewed and signed daily by plant management. Functionality
of the audible and visual alarm will be documented daily on the Honeywell
recording chart by the conditioner operator. The Honeywell recording
chart will include the identification of the corresponding process date
or lot number.
I have attached several documents to this letter including OMRI listings
for all of our components, a copy of our plant certifications from CMC,
showing that Organic Farm’s manufacturing plants in California
have been approved under these food safety standards, copies of our
standard pathogen testing documents which are made available on each
and every shipment to show them to be pathogen free and a copy of our
new “Gold Standard” of food safety which outlines many ways
in which Organic Farms is going above and beyond established food safety
guidelines. |