DURANT — J C Potter Sausage Company's processing facility in Durant, Oklahoma has once again been awarded its food safety certification under the comprehensive guidelines established by the Global Food Safety Initiative, the company announced in a news release. J C Potter is a leading producer of both Fresh Breakfast Sausage and refrigerated and frozen Breakfast Sandwich products which are sold in major retail grocery outlets throughout the United States.
"This certification enables us to assure our customers that our products have been processed according to the highest possible standards," Gregory Cowins, Vice President of Operations, stated in the release.
The "Global Food Safety Initiative" (GFSI) program is a worldwide system that provides independent verification that each certified food processor has initiated and conformed to food safety and food quality international and domestic food safety regulations. It is considered the "gold standard" of food safety management and has been adopted by many leading US food retailers and their key suppliers.
Tom Dalton, CEO for J C Potter stated, "With this BRC/GFSI certification our customers and consumers can be sure that products purchased from J C Potter are produced to the highest worldwide standards of food safety management. We are extremely proud of our Operations team, led by Mr. Greg Cowins, and our Quality Assurance team, led by Mr. Curt Hornback, for achieving this coveted certification."
J C Potter Sausage Company through its affiliate, Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd., and its operations in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, manufactures markets and distributes high quality food products for customers in a twelve-state region. The Company’s offerings include a wide variety of fresh, refrigerated and frozen food products which are sold under leading regional brand names including; Blue Ribbon Bacon, Blue Ribbon Sausage, Texas Traditions Premium Smoked Sausage, Richard's Cajun Foods, Cajun Favorites, Carlton, and JC Potter Bacon as well as servicing its many retail partners on a private label basis.
Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd. wants to provide stockholders and investors with meaningful and useful information. Therefore, this press release may contain forward-looking information, describing the Company's belief concerning future business conditions, and the outlook of the Company based on currently available information. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's actual results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in these statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.
Source: J C Potter Sausage Company
